#BDCB98#BDCB98

#BDCB98 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.070 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB98
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 152)
HSL	hsl(76, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(76, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 25.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -13.43, 23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 27.43, 119.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0356 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.07 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0092, 55.7978, 37.9405)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB98 #A698CB

analogous

#CBC098 #BDCB98 #A4CB98

triadic

#BDCB98 #98BDCB #CB98BD

tetradic

#BDCB98 #98CBC0 #A698CB #CB98A4

square

#BDCB98 #98CBC0 #A698CB #CB98A4

split-complementary

#BDCB98 #98A4CB #C098CB

monochromatic

#869B4E #A3B66F #BDCB98 #D7E0C1 #F1F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BDCB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB98

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB98	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.070 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dab6',
    500: '#bdcb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb98;
$custom-light: #d1dab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.471,
    "s": 32.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81847,
    "c": 0.07019,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB98

secondary

#7767A0

accent

#3AAC59

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB98

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

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