#BDCD9D#BDCD9D

#BDCD9D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.067 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD9D
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 157)
HSL	hsl(80, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(80, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -13.71, 22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 26.05, 121.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0363 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.067 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9027, 56.9157, 40.3013)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD9D #AD9DCD

analogous

#CDC59D #BDCD9D #A5CD9D

triadic

#BDCD9D #9DBDCD #CD9DBD

tetradic

#BDCD9D #9DCDC5 #AD9DCD #CD9DA5

square

#BDCD9D #9DCDC5 #AD9DCD #CD9DA5

split-complementary

#BDCD9D #9DA5CD #C59DCD

monochromatic

#859F51 #A2B874 #BDCD9D #D8E2C6 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDCD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#BDCD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD9D

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD9D	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.067 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcba',
    500: '#bdcd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd9d;
$custom-light: #d1dcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82382,
    "c": 0.06698,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD9D

secondary

#7E6CA2

accent

#3AAB60

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD9D

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

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