#BDE179#BDE179

#BDE179 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.137 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE179
RGB	rgb(189, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(81, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(81, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 46.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -28.18, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 54.63, 121.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0785 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.137 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3625, 66.0494, 28.1283)
Luminance	0.6605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE179 #9D79E1

analogous

#E1D179 #BDE179 #89E179

triadic

#BDE179 #79BDE1 #E179BD

tetradic

#BDE179 #79E1D1 #9D79E1 #E17989

square

#BDE179 #79E1D1 #9D79E1 #E17989

split-complementary

#BDE179 #7989E1 #D179E1

monochromatic

#86B729 #A4D647 #BDE179 #D6ECAB #EEF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BDE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#BDE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE179

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE179	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.137 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eaa2',
    500: '#bde179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde179;
$custom-light: #d2eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.769,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86108,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE179

secondary

#6E47B8

accent

#1ACB58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE179

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

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