#BDE859#BDE859

#BDE859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.175 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE859
RGB	rgb(189, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -34.36, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 71.83, 118.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0984 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.175 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6464, 69.2529, 20.0955)
Luminance	0.6925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE859 #8459E8

analogous

#E8CB59 #BDE859 #75E859

triadic

#BDE859 #59BDE8 #E859BD

tetradic

#BDE859 #59E8CB #8459E8 #E85975

square

#BDE859 #59E8CB #8459E8 #E85975

split-complementary

#BDE859 #5975E8 #CB59E8

monochromatic

#81AE18 #A8E123 #BDE859 #D2EF8F #E8F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BDE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#BDE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE859

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE859	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.175 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ef8e',
    500: '#bde859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde859;
$custom-light: #d4ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.042,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87296,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE859

secondary

#5A36AF

accent

#0ED84A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE859

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →