#BDCA9D#BDCA9D

#BDCA9D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.062 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA9D
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 157)
HSL	hsl(77, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(77, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 22.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -12.18, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 24.31, 120.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.032 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.062 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1919, 55.4942, 40.0644)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA9D #AA9DCA

analogous

#CAC09D #BDCA9D #A6CA9D

triadic

#BDCA9D #9DBDCA #CA9DBD

tetradic

#BDCA9D #9DCAC0 #AA9DCA #CA9DA6

square

#BDCA9D #9DCAC0 #AA9DCA #CA9DA6

split-complementary

#BDCA9D #9DA6CA #C09DCA

monochromatic

#859A53 #A2B575 #BDCA9D #D8DFC5 #F2F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#BDCA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA9D

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA9D	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.062 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daba',
    500: '#bdca9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca9d;
$custom-light: #d1daba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.333,
    "s": 29.801,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81741,
    "c": 0.06241,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA9D

secondary

#7B6C9F

accent

#3DA85C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA9D

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

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