#BDC596#BDC596

#BDC596 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.064 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC596
RGB	rgb(189, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(70, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(70, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -10.66, 22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 25.09, 115.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0277 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.064 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4572, 52.9536, 36.6219)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC596 #9E96C5

analogous

#C5B596 #BDC596 #A5C596

triadic

#BDC596 #96BDC5 #C596BD

tetradic

#BDC596 #96C5B5 #9E96C5 #C596A5

square

#BDC596 #96C5B5 #9E96C5 #C596A5

split-complementary

#BDC596 #96A5C5 #B596C5

monochromatic

#869150 #A4AF6F #BDC596 #D6DBBD #EFF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BDC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BDC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC596

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC596	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.064 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d6b5',
    500: '#bdc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc596;
$custom-light: #d1d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.213,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80523,
    "c": 0.06391,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC596

secondary

#6F6699

accent

#3EA750

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC596

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

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