#BDE261#BDE261

#BDE261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.161 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE261
RGB	rgb(189, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(77, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -30.95, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 65.65, 118.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0882 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.161 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3406, 66.0744, 21.4085)
Luminance	0.6607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE261 #8661E2

analogous

#E2C661 #BDE261 #7CE261

triadic

#BDE261 #61BDE2 #E261BD

tetradic

#BDE261 #61E2C6 #8661E2 #E2617C

square

#BDE261 #61E2C6 #8661E2 #E2617C

split-complementary

#BDE261 #617CE2 #C661E2

monochromatic

#82A91F #A7D92D #BDE261 #D3EB95 #E8F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BDE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#BDE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE261

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE261	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.161 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb92',
    500: '#bde261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde261;
$custom-light: #d3eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.209,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86033,
    "c": 0.16108,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE261

secondary

#5C3CAB

accent

#15D14B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE261

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

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