#BDE255#BDE255

#BDE255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.171 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE255
RGB	rgb(189, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(76, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -31.89, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 70.50, 116.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0919 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.171 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8228, 65.8673, 18.6814)
Luminance	0.6587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE255 #7A55E2

analogous

#E2C055 #BDE255 #76E255

triadic

#BDE255 #55BDE2 #E255BD

tetradic

#BDE255 #55E2C0 #7A55E2 #E25576

square

#BDE255 #55E2C0 #7A55E2 #E25576

split-complementary

#BDE255 #5576E2 #C055E2

monochromatic

#7EA11B #A7D524 #BDE255 #D1EB89 #E6F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BDE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#BDE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE255

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE255	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.171 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4eb8b',
    500: '#bde255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde255;
$custom-light: #d4eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.745,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85914,
    "c": 0.17082,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE255

secondary

#5437A4

accent

#13D345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE255

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

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