#BDE279#BDE279

#BDE279 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.139 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE279
RGB	rgb(189, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(81, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(81, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 46.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -28.65, 47.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 55.16, 121.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0798 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.139 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6337, 66.5916, 28.2187)
Luminance	0.6659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE279 #9E79E2

analogous

#E2D279 #BDE279 #88E279

triadic

#BDE279 #79BDE2 #E279BD

tetradic

#BDE279 #79E2D2 #9E79E2 #E27988

square

#BDE279 #79E2D2 #9E79E2 #E27988

split-complementary

#BDE279 #7988E2 #D279E2

monochromatic

#86B928 #A4D747 #BDE279 #D6EDAB #EFF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BDE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#BDE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE279

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE279	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D57F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.139 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eba2',
    500: '#bde279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde279;
$custom-light: #d2eba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.143,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8633,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE279

secondary

#6F46B9

accent

#19CC58

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE279

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

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