#BDDD42#BDDD42

#BDDD42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.178 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDD42
RGB	rgb(189, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -30.77, 68.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 75.18, 114.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0905 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.178 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8269, 62.9252, 14.7794)
Luminance	0.6292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDD42 #6242DD

analogous

#DDB042 #BDDD42 #70DD42

triadic

#BDDD42 #42BDDD #DD42BD

tetradic

#BDDD42 #42DDB0 #6242DD #DD4270

square

#BDDD42 #42DDB0 #6242DD #DD4270

split-complementary

#BDDD42 #4270DD #B042DD

monochromatic

#748C19 #9FBF22 #BDDD42 #CFE676 #E1F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BDDD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#BDDD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDD42

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDD42	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7D2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.178 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e780',
    500: '#bddd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bddd42;
$custom-light: #d4e780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.387,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84641,
    "c": 0.17805,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDD42

secondary

#463291

accent

#3BEC60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDD42

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

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