#BDCD97#BDCD97

#BDCD97 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.074 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD97
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(78, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -14.59, 25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 29.08, 120.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0388 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.074 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4030, 56.7158, 37.6694)
Luminance	0.5672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD97 #A797CD

analogous

#CDC297 #BDCD97 #A2CD97

triadic

#BDCD97 #97BDCD #CD97BD

tetradic

#BDCD97 #97CDC2 #A797CD #CD97A2

square

#BDCD97 #97CDC2 #A797CD #CD97A2

split-complementary

#BDCD97 #97A2CD #C297CD

monochromatic

#859E4C #A3B96E #BDCD97 #D7E1C0 #F1F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDCD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#BDCD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD97

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD97	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.074 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcb6',
    500: '#bdcd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd97;
$custom-light: #d1dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.778,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82256,
    "c": 0.07442,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD97

secondary

#7866A2

accent

#38AE5B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD97

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

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