#BDE259#BDE259

#BDE259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.168 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE259
RGB	rgb(189, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(76, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -31.59, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 68.92, 117.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0907 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.168 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9862, 65.9326, 19.5421)
Luminance	0.6593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE259 #7E59E2

analogous

#E2C259 #BDE259 #79E259

triadic

#BDE259 #59BDE2 #E259BD

tetradic

#BDE259 #59E2C2 #7E59E2 #E25979

square

#BDE259 #59E2C2 #7E59E2 #E25979

split-complementary

#BDE259 #5979E2 #C259E2

monochromatic

#7FA41D #A8D826 #BDE259 #D2EB8D #E6F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BDE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#BDE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE259

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE259	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.168 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4eb8d',
    500: '#bde259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde259;
$custom-light: #d4eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.204,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85951,
    "c": 0.1677,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE259

secondary

#5639A6

accent

#13D247

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE259

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

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