#BDCB97#BDCB97

#BDCB97 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.071 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB97
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 151)
HSL	hsl(76, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(76, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 25.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -13.58, 24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 27.94, 119.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.036 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.071 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9276, 55.7651, 37.5110)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB97 #A597CB

analogous

#CBBF97 #BDCB97 #A3CB97

triadic

#BDCB97 #97BDCB #CB97BD

tetradic

#BDCB97 #97CBBF #A597CB #CB97A3

square

#BDCB97 #97CBBF #A597CB #CB97A3

split-complementary

#BDCB97 #97A3CB #BF97CB

monochromatic

#869A4D #A3B76E #BDCB97 #D7DFC0 #F1F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#BDCB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB97

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB97	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)

#D2C594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.071 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dab6',
    500: '#bdcb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb97;
$custom-light: #d1dab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.154,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81826,
    "c": 0.07144,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB97

secondary

#7666A0

accent

#39AC58

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB97

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

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