#BDE159#BDE159

#BDE159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.166 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE159
RGB	rgb(189, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(76, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -31.13, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 68.44, 117.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0894 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.166 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7151, 65.3904, 19.4518)
Luminance	0.6539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE159 #7D59E1

analogous

#E1C159 #BDE159 #79E159

triadic

#BDE159 #59BDE1 #E159BD

tetradic

#BDE159 #59E1C1 #7D59E1 #E15979

square

#BDE159 #59E1C1 #7D59E1 #E15979

split-complementary

#BDE159 #5979E1 #C159E1

monochromatic

#7FA21D #A8D627 #BDE159 #D2EA8D #E6F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BDE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#BDE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE159

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE159	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.166 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ea8d',
    500: '#bde159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde159;
$custom-light: #d4ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.882,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85728,
    "c": 0.16645,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE159

secondary

#5639A5

accent

#14D146

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE159

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

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