#BDE459#BDE459

#BDE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.170 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE459
RGB	rgb(189, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -32.52, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 69.89, 117.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0933 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.17 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5332, 67.0266, 19.7245)
Luminance	0.6703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE459 #8059E4

analogous

#E4C659 #BDE459 #77E459

triadic

#BDE459 #59BDE4 #E459BD

tetradic

#BDE459 #59E4C6 #8059E4 #E45977

square

#BDE459 #59E4C6 #8059E4 #E45977

split-complementary

#BDE459 #5977E4 #C659E4

monochromatic

#80A71B #A8DB24 #BDE459 #D2ED8E #E7F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BDE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#BDE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE459

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE459	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.170 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ec8d',
    500: '#bde459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde459;
$custom-light: #d4ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.835,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86399,
    "c": 0.17019,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE459

secondary

#5838A9

accent

#11D448

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE459

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

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