#BDE256#BDE256

#BDE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.170 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE256
RGB	rgb(189, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(76, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -31.81, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 70.11, 116.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0916 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.17 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8628, 65.8833, 18.8921)
Luminance	0.6588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE256 #7B56E2

analogous

#E2C156 #BDE256 #77E256

triadic

#BDE256 #56BDE2 #E256BD

tetradic

#BDE256 #56E2C1 #7B56E2 #E25677

square

#BDE256 #56E2C1 #7B56E2 #E25677

split-complementary

#BDE256 #5677E2 #C156E2

monochromatic

#7EA21C #A7D625 #BDE256 #D1EB8A #E6F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BDE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#BDE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE256

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE256	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.170 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4eb8b',
    500: '#bde256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde256;
$custom-light: #d4eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85923,
    "c": 0.17005,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE256

secondary

#5438A5

accent

#13D346

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE256

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

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