#BDCB9D#BDCB9D

#BDCB9D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.064 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB9D
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 157)
HSL	hsl(78, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(78, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 22.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -12.69, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 24.89, 120.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0335 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.064 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4273, 55.9650, 40.1428)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB9D #AB9DCB

analogous

#CBC29D #BDCB9D #A6CB9D

triadic

#BDCB9D #9DBDCB #CB9DBD

tetradic

#BDCB9D #9DCBC2 #AB9DCB #CB9DA6

square

#BDCB9D #9DCBC2 #AB9DCB #CB9DA6

split-complementary

#BDCB9D #9DA6CB #C29DCB

monochromatic

#859B52 #A2B675 #BDCB9D #D8E0C5 #F2F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDCB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BDCB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB9D

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB9D	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.064 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1daba',
    500: '#bdcb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb9d;
$custom-light: #d1daba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.261,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81954,
    "c": 0.06393,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB9D

secondary

#7C6CA0

accent

#3CA95D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB9D

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

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