#BDDD56#BDDD56

#BDDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.164 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDD56
RGB	rgb(189, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -29.48, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 67.73, 115.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0851 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.164 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5230, 63.2036, 18.4455)
Luminance	0.6320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDD56 #7656DD

analogous

#DDB956 #BDDD56 #7ADD56

triadic

#BDDD56 #56BDDD #DD56BD

tetradic

#BDDD56 #56DDB9 #7656DD #DD567A

square

#BDDD56 #56DDB9 #7656DD #DD567A

split-complementary

#BDDD56 #567ADD #B956DD

monochromatic

#7D9A1F #A6CD29 #BDDD56 #D1E789 #E5F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BDDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#BDDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDD56

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDD56	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.164 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e78b',
    500: '#bddd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bddd56;
$custom-light: #d4e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84805,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDD56

secondary

#513A9E

accent

#17CE43

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDD56

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

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