#BDC697#BDC697

#BDC697 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.064 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC697
RGB	rgb(189, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(71, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(71, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 23.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -11.02, 22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 25.13, 116.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0288 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.064 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7658, 53.4416, 37.1237)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC697 #A097C6

analogous

#C6B797 #BDC697 #A5C697

triadic

#BDC697 #97BDC6 #C697BD

tetradic

#BDC697 #97C6B7 #A097C6 #C697A5

square

#BDC697 #97C6B7 #A097C6 #C697A5

split-complementary

#BDC697 #97A5C6 #B797C6

monochromatic

#869250 #A4B06F #BDC697 #D6DCBF #EFF1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BDC697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BDC697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC697

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC697	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.064 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d7b5',
    500: '#bdc697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc697;
$custom-light: #d1d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.489,
    "s": 29.193,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80758,
    "c": 0.06409,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC697

secondary

#71679A

accent

#3EA852

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC697

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

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