#BDDE59#BDDE59

#BDDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.163 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDDE59
RGB	rgb(189, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -29.72, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 66.99, 116.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0855 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.163 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9112, 63.7826, 19.1838)
Luminance	0.6378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDDE59 #7A59DE

analogous

#DEBC59 #BDDE59 #7ADE59

triadic

#BDDE59 #59BDDE #DE59BD

tetradic

#BDDE59 #59DEBC #7A59DE #DE597A

square

#BDDE59 #59DEBC #7A59DE #DE597A

split-complementary

#BDDE59 #597ADE #BC59DE

monochromatic

#7E9D1F #A7D029 #BDDE59 #D1E88C #E6F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BDDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#BDDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDDE59

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDDE59	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdde59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.163 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e88d',
    500: '#bdde59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdde59;
$custom-light: #d4e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdde59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.887,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85058,
    "c": 0.16273,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDDE59

secondary

#543AA1

accent

#17CF44

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDDE59

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

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