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#bdfb35

a balanced, electric green · warm · closest name: Green Yellow

Token name suggestion: Studio Basil

RGB
189, 251, 53
HSL
79°, 96%, 60%
CMYK
25, 0, 79, 2
Luminance
0.8007

#bdfb35 is a balanced electric green, 79° on the wheel and 41/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.01:1). As text it scores 1.23:1 on white — use #598003 instead. Nearest name is Green Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(79 96% 60%)rgb(189 251 53)Base step 500AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bdfb35 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bdfb35
Hue
79°
green
Saturation
96%
electric
Lightness
60%
balanced
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8007
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
41/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.01:1
Closest name
Green Yellow
ΔE2000 2.5
Chroma
92.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.913
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 11.6
Web-safe
#CCFF33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue79° of 360°
Saturation96%
Lightness60%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bdfb35.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool41% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red14%
Green86%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bdfb35
HEX (8-digit)#bdfb35ff
RGBrgb(189, 251, 53)
RGBArgba(189, 251, 53, 1)
HSLhsl(79, 96%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(79, 79%, 98%)
HWBhwb(79 21% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 0%, 79%, 2%)
LABlab(91.7 -44.8 80.5)
LCHlch(91.7 92.1 119.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.913 0.219 126.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(56.13, 80.07, 15.87)
Decimal12450613
Display P3color(display-p3 0.741 0.984 0.208)
Web-safe#CCFF33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bdfb35;
background-color: #bdfb35;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bdfb35;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bdfb35] bg-[#bdfb35]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bdfb35;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.741, green: 0.984, blue: 0.208)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.741, green: 0.984, blue: 0.208, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BDFB35</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBDFB35)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBDFB35)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(53, 251, 189)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(189, 251, 53)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(189, 251, 53)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 189, 251, 53)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7412f, 0.9843f, 0.2078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{189,251,53}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bdfb35 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bdfb35 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#577D02, #E6EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bdfb35 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFDF1;
  --brand-100: #F4FCE4;
  --brand-200: #E9FAC1;
  --brand-300: #DBFD91;
  --brand-400: #C9FC5A;
  --brand-500: #bdfb35;
  --brand-600: #A6F005;
  --brand-700: #8BC804;
  --brand-800: #6FA003;
  --brand-900: #517307;
  --brand-950: #334804;
  --brand: #bdfb35;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DFEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #B1FA12;
  --brand-pressed: #9EE405;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1F2414;
    --brand-ink: #E6EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFDF1',
        100: '#F4FCE4',
        200: '#E9FAC1',
        300: '#DBFD91',
        400: '#C9FC5A',
        500: '#bdfb35',
        600: '#A6F005',
        700: '#8BC804',
        800: '#6FA003',
        900: '#517307',
        950: '#334804',
        DEFAULT: '#bdfb35',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFDF1,
  '100': #F4FCE4,
  '200': #E9FAC1,
  '300': #DBFD91,
  '400': #C9FC5A,
  '500': #bdfb35,
  '600': #A6F005,
  '700': #8BC804,
  '800': #6FA003,
  '900': #517307,
  '950': #334804,
);
$brand-base: #bdfb35;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4FCE4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9FAC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DBFD91", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C9FC5A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#bdfb35", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A6F005", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8BC804", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6FA003", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#517307", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#334804", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bdfb35 · 17.01:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.23:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.01:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bdfb35 as text scores 1.23:1 on white and 17.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #577D02 at 3.92:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#598003 · 4.65:1
AA on white−34% L
#598003
The quick fox
#446202 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−40% L
#446202
The quick fox
#bdfb35 · 17.01:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bdfb35
The quick fox
#bdfb35 · 17.01:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bdfb35

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #71A303 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bdfb35 on white: 1.23:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bdfb35 on black: 17.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bdfb35 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bdfb35.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.23:1AaAa
Slate 501.18:1AaAa
Slate 1001.13:1AaAa
Slate 2001.00:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4002.08:1AaAa
Slate 5003.86:1AaAa
Slate 6006.14:1AaAa
Slate 7008.39:1AaAa
Slate 80011.85:1AaAa
Slate 90014.46:1AaAa
Black17.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFEA00
deuteranopia · #FFE64B
tritanopia · #C5EFD7

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bdfb35 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFDF1
#F4FCE4
#E9FAC1
#DBFD91
#C9FC5A
#bdfb35
#A6F005
#8BC804
#6FA003
#517307
#334804
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FAFDF1Darkest = 950 · #334804Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.055 126.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.088 126.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.131 126.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.171 126.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.201 126.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.219 126.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.219 126.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.206 126.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.184 126.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.153 126.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.120 126.4);
}

Colors that work with #bdfb35

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#DFEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#829B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3E31FF
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#577D02
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7FFE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1F2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#B1FA12
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9EE405
Two steps down
Disabled#D4DAC6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C5FF45
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bdfb35

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #577D02
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #71A303

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight40/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#7335FB
Analogous left#FBD635
Analogous right#5AFB35
Split-complement 1#355AFB
Split-complement 2#D635FB
Triadic 1#35BDFB
Triadic 2#FB35BD
Tetradic#35FBD6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°79°

#bdfb35 sits at 79°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red74.1%
Green98.4%
Blue20.8%
R · 0–255
189
0xbd
G · 0–255
251
0xfb
B · 0–255
53
0x35

CMYK percentages

Cyan24.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow78.9%
Key (black)1.6%

Total ink coverage is 105%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bdfb35 text on a black background

contrast 17.01:1

Card sample

#bdfb35 text on a white background

contrast 1.23:1

Card sample

#bdfb35 on grey

1.13:1

#bdfb35 on its own surface

1.17:1

#bdfb35 on its dark surface

12.88:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bdfb35;
Background color
Panel with #bdfb35 background
background-color: #bdfb35;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bdfb35;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(189, 251, 53, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(189, 251, 53, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bdfb35;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bdfb35, #39FB35);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bdfb35, #35FB63);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bdfb35;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bdfb35;
caret-color: #bdfb35;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bdfb35;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7FFE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bdfb35;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bdfb35 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bdfb35 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(189, 251, 53, 0.5)
rgb(189 251 53 / 50%)
#bdfb3580
hsl(79 96% 60% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bdfb35 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bdfb351a#F8FFEB
20%#bdfb3533#F2FED7
40%#bdfb3566#E5FDAE
60%#bdfb3599#D7FD86
80%#bdfb35cc#CAFC5D

Gradients from #bdfb35

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #D1FC71, #bdfb35 45%, #577D02);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bdfb35, #17FA25);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bdfb35, #7335FB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DAFD8F 0%, #bdfb35 45%, #577D02 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FCD467 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #64FC53 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #577D02 0%, transparent 65%), #bdfb35;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bdfb35

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bdfb35 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 17.01:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bdfb35, answered

What color is #bdfb35?

#bdfb35 is a balanced electric green, closest to Green Yellow (ΔE2000 2.5). It sits at 79° on the hue wheel with 96% saturation and 60% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #bdfb35?

rgb(189, 251, 53) — 189 red, 251 green and 53 blue out of 255, or 74.1% / 98.4% / 20.8% by channel.

What is #bdfb35 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(79, 96%, 60%) and hsv(79, 79%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bdfb35 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8007 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 17.01:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bdfb35?

Black. It scores 17.01:1 against #bdfb35, versus 1.23:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bdfb35 accessible on a white background?

#bdfb35 on white scores 1.23:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #598003 to reach 4.5:1, or #446202 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bdfb35?

#7335FB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #355AFB and #D635FB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bdfb35?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #DFEDC0 for borders, #829B4B for secondary text, #3E31FF as an accent and #577D02 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FBD635 and #5AFB35 stays calm, while #7335FB is the loudest partner.

What is #bdfb35 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(25%, 0%, 79%, 2%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #bdfb35 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 41 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FBF035; nudged cooler, #74FD33.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bdfb35?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 11.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bdfb35 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bdfb35 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bdfb35] or text-[#bdfb35], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bdfb35 with 50% opacity?

rgba(189, 251, 53, 0.5), or #bdfb3580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DEFD9A; over black, #5F7E1B.

Is #bdfb35 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF33, ΔE2000 2.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bdfb35 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #bdfb35?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D1FC71, #bdfb35 45%, #577D02). For more colour, a short hue run to #17FA25 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bdfb35 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bdfb35 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.