#BDCB96#BDCB96

#BDCB96 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.073 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB96
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 150)
HSL	hsl(76, 34%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(76, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 26.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -13.72, 24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 28.45, 118.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0364 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.073 120)
XYZ	xyz(47.8468, 55.7328, 37.0851)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB96 #A496CB

analogous

#CBBF96 #BDCB96 #A3CB96

triadic

#BDCB96 #96BDCB #CB96BD

tetradic

#BDCB96 #96CBBF #A496CB #CB96A3

square

#BDCB96 #96CBBF #A496CB #CB96A3

split-complementary

#BDCB96 #96A3CB #BF96CB

monochromatic

#869A4C #A3B76D #BDCB96 #D7DFBF #F0F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#BDCB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB96

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB96	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.073 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dab5',
    500: '#bdcb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb96;
$custom-light: #d1dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.849,
    "s": 33.758,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81806,
    "c": 0.07269,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.55733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB96

secondary

#7565A0

accent

#39AD57

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB96

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

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