#BDE957#BDE957

#BDE957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.178 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE957
RGB	rgb(189, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(78, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -34.96, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 73.08, 118.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.1003 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.178 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8458, 69.7843, 19.7533)
Luminance	0.6978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE957 #8357E9

analogous

#E9CC57 #BDE957 #74E957

triadic

#BDE957 #57BDE9 #E957BD

tetradic

#BDE957 #57E9CC #8357E9 #E95774

square

#BDE957 #57E9CC #8357E9 #E95774

split-complementary

#BDE957 #5774E9 #CC57E9

monochromatic

#81AF17 #A8E221 #BDE957 #D2F08D #E8F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#BDE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#BDE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE957

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE957	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.178 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4f08c',
    500: '#bde957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde957;
$custom-light: #d4f08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.082,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87502,
    "c": 0.17791,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE957

secondary

#5A35AF

accent

#0CD94A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE957

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

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