#BDCD98#BDCD98

#BDCD98 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.073 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD98
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 152)
HSL	hsl(78, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 25.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -14.45, 24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 28.57, 120.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0384 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.073 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4845, 56.7485, 38.0990)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD98 #A898CD

analogous

#CDC398 #BDCD98 #A2CD98

triadic

#BDCD98 #98BDCD #CD98BD

tetradic

#BDCD98 #98CDC3 #A898CD #CD98A2

square

#BDCD98 #98CDC3 #A898CD #CD98A2

split-complementary

#BDCD98 #98A2CD #C398CD

monochromatic

#859E4D #A3B96F #BDCD98 #D7E1C1 #F2F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDCD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#BDCD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD98

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD98	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.073 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcb6',
    500: '#bdcd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd98;
$custom-light: #d1dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.113,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82276,
    "c": 0.07319,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD98

secondary

#7967A2

accent

#38AD5B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD98

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

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