#BDCD79#BDCD79

#BDCD79 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.110 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD79
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(71, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -18.46, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 44.01, 114.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0511 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.11 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2690, 55.8622, 26.4305)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD79 #8979CD

analogous

#CDB379 #BDCD79 #93CD79

triadic

#BDCD79 #79BDCD #CD79BD

tetradic

#BDCD79 #79CDB3 #8979CD #CD7993

square

#BDCD79 #79CDB3 #8979CD #CD7993

split-complementary

#BDCD79 #7993CD #B379CD

monochromatic

#839437 #A7BC4C #BDCD79 #D3DEA6 #E9EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BDCD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD79

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD79	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)

#D7C572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.110 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dca1',
    500: '#bdcd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd79;
$custom-light: #d2dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81711,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD79

secondary

#5E509B

accent

#2DB947

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD79

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

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