#BDCD78#BDCD78

#BDCD78 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.111 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD78
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 120)
HSL	hsl(71, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -18.58, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 44.50, 114.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0515 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.111 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2080, 55.8378, 26.1092)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD78 #8878CD

analogous

#CDB278 #BDCD78 #92CD78

triadic

#BDCD78 #78BDCD #CD78BD

tetradic

#BDCD78 #78CDB2 #8878CD #CD7892

square

#BDCD78 #78CDB2 #8878CD #CD7892

split-complementary

#BDCD78 #7892CD #B278CD

monochromatic

#829437 #A7BC4B #BDCD78 #D3DEA5 #E9EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BDCD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD78

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD78	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.111 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dca0',
    500: '#bdcd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd78;
$custom-light: #d2dca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.294,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81696,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD78

secondary

#5D4F9A

accent

#2CB947

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD78

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

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