#BDCD9F#BDCD9F

#BDCD9F is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.064 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD9F
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 159)
HSL	hsl(81, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(81, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -13.41, 21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 25.04, 122.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0355 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.064 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0748, 56.9846, 41.2079)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD9F #AF9FCD

analogous

#CDC69F #BDCD9F #A6CD9F

triadic

#BDCD9F #9FBDCD #CD9FBD

tetradic

#BDCD9F #9FCDC6 #AF9FCD #CD9FA6

square

#BDCD9F #9FCDC6 #AF9FCD #CD9FA6

split-complementary

#BDCD9F #9FA6CD #C69FCD

monochromatic

#849F53 #A1B877 #BDCD9F #D9E2C7 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDCD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#BDCD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD9F

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD9F	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.064 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcbb',
    500: '#bdcd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd9f;
$custom-light: #d1dcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.87,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82426,
    "c": 0.06448,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD9F

secondary

#806EA2

accent

#3BAA62

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141512

muted

#838482

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD9F

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

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