#BDCA9E#BDCA9E

#BDCA9E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.061 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCA9E
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 158)
HSL	hsl(78, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(78, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 21.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -12.03, 20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 23.80, 120.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0316 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.061 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2777, 55.5285, 40.5158)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCA9E #AB9ECA

analogous

#CAC19E #BDCA9E #A7CA9E

triadic

#BDCA9E #9EBDCA #CA9EBD

tetradic

#BDCA9E #9ECAC1 #AB9ECA #CA9EA7

square

#BDCA9E #9ECAC1 #AB9ECA #CA9EA7

split-complementary

#BDCA9E #9EA7CA #C19ECA

monochromatic

#859A54 #A2B476 #BDCA9E #D8E0C6 #F2F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#BDCA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCA9E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCA9E	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdca9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.061 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daba',
    500: '#bdca9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdca9e;
$custom-light: #d1daba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdca9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.727,
    "s": 29.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81763,
    "c": 0.06114,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCA9E

secondary

#7C6D9F

accent

#3EA85D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCA9E

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

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