#BDCB8B#BDCB8B

#BDCB8B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.086 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB8B
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 139)
HSL	hsl(73, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(73, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 31.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -15.25, 30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 34.01, 116.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.041 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.086 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0022, 55.3950, 32.6373)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB8B #998BCB

analogous

#CBB98B #BDCB8B #9DCB8B

triadic

#BDCB8B #8BBDCB #CB8BBD

tetradic

#BDCB8B #8BCBB9 #998BCB #CB8B9D

square

#BDCB8B #8BCBB9 #998BCB #CB8B9D

split-complementary

#BDCB8B #8B9DCB #B98BCB

monochromatic

#859844 #A5B861 #BDCB8B #D5DEB5 #EDF1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDCB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#BDCB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB8B

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB8B	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.086 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daad',
    500: '#bdcb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb8b;
$custom-light: #d1daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81588,
    "c": 0.08616,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB8B

secondary

#6A5C9E

accent

#34B150

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB8B

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

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