#BDC985#BDC985

#BDC985 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.091 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC985
RGB	rgb(189, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(71, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(71, 34%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 33.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -15.01, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 35.96, 114.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0406 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.091 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1066, 54.2859, 30.2351)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC985 #9185C9

analogous

#C9B385 #BDC985 #9BC985

triadic

#BDC985 #85BDC9 #C985BD

tetradic

#BDC985 #85C9B3 #9185C9 #C9859B

square

#BDC985 #85C9B3 #9185C9 #C9859B

split-complementary

#BDC985 #859BC9 #B385C9

monochromatic

#849341 #A6B65B #BDC985 #D4DCAF #EBEFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BDC985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#BDC985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC985

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC985	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.091 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9a9',
    500: '#bdc985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc985;
$custom-light: #d1d9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 38.636,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81046,
    "c": 0.09053,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC985

secondary

#64589A

accent

#34B24A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC985

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

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