#BDE959#BDE959

#BDE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.176 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDE959
RGB	rgb(189, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -34.81, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 72.31, 118.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0997 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.176 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9286, 69.8175, 20.1896)
Luminance	0.6982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDE959 #8559E9

analogous

#E9CD59 #BDE959 #75E959

triadic

#BDE959 #59BDE9 #E959BD

tetradic

#BDE959 #59E9CD #8559E9 #E95975

square

#BDE959 #59E9CD #8559E9 #E95975

split-complementary

#BDE959 #5975E9 #CD59E9

monochromatic

#82B017 #A8E223 #BDE959 #D2F08F #E8F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#BDE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#BDE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDE959

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDE959	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)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bde959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.176 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4f08e',
    500: '#bde959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bde959;
$custom-light: #d4f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bde959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87521,
    "c": 0.17639,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDE959

secondary

#5B35B1

accent

#0DD94B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDE959

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

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