#BDE978#BDE978
#BDE978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.149 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BDE978 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(189, 233, 120) |
| HSL | hsl(83, 72%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(83, 48%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.22, -32.03, 49.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.22, 59.35, 122.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.87% -0.0893 0.1195) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.87% 0.149 126.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.5151, 70.4521, 28.5449) |
| Luminance | 0.7045 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 4.11
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 4.32
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 4.52
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 4.86
Light Yellowish Green
#C2FF89
ΔE00 4.89
Celery
#C1FD95
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BDE978 #A478E9
analogous
#E9DD78 #BDE978 #85E978
triadic
#BDE978 #78BDE9 #E978BD
tetradic
#BDE978 #78E9DD #A478E9 #E97885
square
#BDE978 #78E9DD #A478E9 #E97885
split-complementary
#BDE978 #7885E9 #DD78E9
monochromatic
#86C620 #A3E043 #BDE978 #D7F2AD #F0FAE1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.39
#BDE978 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.09
#BDE978 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BDE978
15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BDE978 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BDE978 | 1.00 | 1.39 | 15.09 | 15.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3DC6E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDDA7F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3E0CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bde978; /* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 233, 120); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.149 126.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d3f0a1',
500: '#bde978',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bde978; $custom-light: #d3f0a1; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bde978",
"rgb": {
"r": 189,
"g": 233,
"b": 120
},
"hsl": {
"h": 83.363,
"s": 71.975,
"l": 69.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87872,
"c": 0.14921,
"h": 126.8
},
"luminance": 0.70453
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BDE978
secondary
#7544C1
accent
#11D45D
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FBFEF5
border
#D4D6CF
text
#14160F
muted
#838580