#BDCD9A#BDCD9A

#BDCD9A is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.071 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD9A
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 154)
HSL	hsl(79, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(79, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 24.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -14.16, 23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 27.56, 120.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0376 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.071 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6497, 56.8145, 38.9689)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD9A #AA9ACD

analogous

#CDC49A #BDCD9A #A3CD9A

triadic

#BDCD9A #9ABDCD #CD9ABD

tetradic

#BDCD9A #9ACDC4 #AA9ACD #CD9AA3

square

#BDCD9A #9ACDC4 #AA9ACD #CD9AA3

split-complementary

#BDCD9A #9AA3CD #C49ACD

monochromatic

#859E4E #A2B971 #BDCD9A #D8E1C3 #F2F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDCD9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#BDCD9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD9A

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD9A	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.071 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcb8',
    500: '#bdcd9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd9a;
$custom-light: #d1dcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.824,
    "s": 33.775,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82318,
    "c": 0.07071,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD9A

secondary

#7B69A2

accent

#39AD5D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD9A

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

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