#BDE257#BDE257

#BDE257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.169 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE257
RGB	rgb(189, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(76, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -31.74, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 69.72, 117.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0913 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.169 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9034, 65.8995, 19.1058)
Luminance	0.6590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE257 #7C57E2

analogous

#E2C257 #BDE257 #78E257

triadic

#BDE257 #57BDE2 #E257BD

tetradic

#BDE257 #57E2C2 #7C57E2 #E25778

square

#BDE257 #57E2C2 #7C57E2 #E25778

split-complementary

#BDE257 #5778E2 #C257E2

monochromatic

#7FA31C #A7D725 #BDE257 #D2EB8B #E6F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BDE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#BDE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE257

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE257	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)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.169 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4eb8c',
    500: '#bde257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde257;
$custom-light: #d4eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.971,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85932,
    "c": 0.16927,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE257

secondary

#5538A5

accent

#13D346

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE257

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

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