#BDFF50

sRGB: 189 / 255 / 80

Ancient mountains command forgotten kingdoms
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Tender memories vanish without farewell

#BDFF50 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 189 red, 255 green and 80 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 82.6° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 65.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.58:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 189, 255, 80
HSL: 82.63°, 100.00%, 65.69%
HSV / HSB: 82.63°, 68.63%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 25.88%, 0.00%, 68.63%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.192, 82.917, 20.528
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.978, -45.165, 73.219
WCAG relative luminance: 0.82918
24-bit decimal: 12451664

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BDFF50 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.58:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.19:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#9250FF sits half a turn (180°) from #BDFF50 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BDFF50 #9250FF

Analogous

#FFEA50 and #65FF50 sit 30° to either side of #BDFF50. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FFEA50 #BDFF50 #65FF50

Triadic

#BDFF50, #50BDFF and #FF50BD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BDFF50 #50BDFF #FF50BD

Split complementary

Start at #BDFF50 and look across the wheel. #5066FF and #E950FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BDFF50 #5066FF #E950FF

Square

Starting with #BDFF50, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #50FFE9, #9250FF, then #FF5066. Across the square, #BDFF50 pairs with #9250FF, and #50FFE9 with #FF5066.

#BDFF50 #50FFE9 #9250FF #FF5066

Tetradic

#BDFF50 and #9250FF are opposites, as are #50FF92 and #FF50BD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BDFF50 #50FF92 #9250FF #FF50BD

Tints

Mixing #BDFF50 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAFF73, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2FFDC, the mixture is 80% white.

#BDFF50 #CAFF73 #D7FF96 #E5FFB9 #F2FFDC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BDFF50 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #97CC40, keeps 80% of the original. By #263310, the mixture is 80% black.

#BDFF50 #97CC40 #719930 #4C6620 #263310 #000000

Tones

Mixing #BDFF50 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B1E65A, keeps 80% of the original. By #8C9976, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BDFF50 #B1E65A #A5CC63 #98B36D #8C9976 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BDFF50

RGB

rgb(189 255 80)

HSL

hsl(82.629 100.000% 65.686%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BDFF50;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BDFF50 uses 189 red, 255 green and 80 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.1%

Green 100.0%

Blue 31.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BDFF50 is 25.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 68.6% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 25.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 68.6%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBFF55. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BF5 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BDFF50 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFF66, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBFF55 Nearest web-safe: #CCFF66

Gradient to complement

#BDFF50 #B6E26D #AFC58A #A8A8A8 #A08AC5 #996DE2 #9250FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BDFF50 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FFEE34

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FFEA5F

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C3F4DC

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F4F346

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F0F159

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C2FA97

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EBEBEB

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D6F5B4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.50888 G 1.00000 B 0.08022

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.79541 G 0.99280 B 0.42903

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.59607 G 0.98370 B 0.15413

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.360 y 0.513 Y 82.917

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.882 M % 0.000 Y % 68.627

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111101 11111111 01010000