#BDE357#BDE357

#BDE357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.171 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE357
RGB	rgb(189, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(76, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -32.20, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 70.20, 117.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0926 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.171 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1761, 66.4449, 19.1967)
Luminance	0.6644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE357 #7D57E3

analogous

#E3C357 #BDE357 #77E357

triadic

#BDE357 #57BDE3 #E357BD

tetradic

#BDE357 #57E3C3 #7D57E3 #E35777

square

#BDE357 #57E3C3 #7D57E3 #E35777

split-complementary

#BDE357 #5777E3 #C357E3

monochromatic

#7FA41B #A8D924 #BDE357 #D2EC8B #E6F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BDE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#BDE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE357

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE357	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.171 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ec8c',
    500: '#bde357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde357;
$custom-light: #d4ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86156,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE357

secondary

#5638A7

accent

#12D347

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE357

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

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