#BDCD9B#BDCD9B

#BDCD9B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.069 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD9B
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 155)
HSL	hsl(79, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(79, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 24.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -14.01, 23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 27.06, 121.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0372 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.069 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7333, 56.8480, 39.4094)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD9B #AB9BCD

analogous

#CDC49B #BDCD9B #A4CD9B

triadic

#BDCD9B #9BBDCD #CD9BBD

tetradic

#BDCD9B #9BCDC4 #AB9BCD #CD9BA4

square

#BDCD9B #9BCDC4 #AB9BCD #CD9BA4

split-complementary

#BDCD9B #9BA4CD #C49BCD

monochromatic

#859E4F #A2B972 #BDCD9B #D8E1C4 #F2F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDCD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#BDCD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD9B

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD9B	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.069 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcb8',
    500: '#bdcd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd9b;
$custom-light: #d1dcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.2,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8234,
    "c": 0.06947,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD9B

secondary

#7C6AA2

accent

#39AC5E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD9B

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

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