#BDDD40#BDDD40

#BDDD40 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.179 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDD40
RGB	rgb(189, 221, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -30.88, 69.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 75.86, 114.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.091 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.179 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7690, 62.9020, 14.4743)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDD40 #6040DD

analogous

#DDAE40 #BDDD40 #6EDD40

triadic

#BDDD40 #40BDDD #DD40BD

tetradic

#BDDD40 #40DDAE #6040DD #DD406E

square

#BDDD40 #40DDAE #6040DD #DD406E

split-complementary

#BDDD40 #406EDD #AE40DD

monochromatic

#738A19 #9EBE22 #BDDD40 #CFE674 #E1EFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BDDD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#BDDD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDD40

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDD40	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7D1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 221, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.179 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e77f',
    500: '#bddd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bddd40;
$custom-light: #d4e77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.229,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84627,
    "c": 0.17927,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDD40

secondary

#453190

accent

#3BED5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDD40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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