#BDDD59#BDDD59

#BDDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.161 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDD59
RGB	rgb(189, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -29.25, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 66.51, 116.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0842 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.161 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6464, 63.2530, 19.0955)
Luminance	0.6325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDD59 #7959DD

analogous

#DDBB59 #BDDD59 #7BDD59

triadic

#BDDD59 #59BDDD #DD59BD

tetradic

#BDDD59 #59DDBB #7959DD #DD597B

square

#BDDD59 #59DDBB #7959DD #DD597B

split-complementary

#BDDD59 #597BDD #BB59DD

monochromatic

#7E9C20 #A7CF2A #BDDD59 #D1E78C #E5F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BDDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#BDDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDD59

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDD59	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bddd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.161 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e78d',
    500: '#bddd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bddd59;
$custom-light: #d4e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bddd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84835,
    "c": 0.16149,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDD59

secondary

#533BA0

accent

#18CE44

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDD59

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

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