#BDCE96#BDCE96

#BDCE96 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.077 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE96
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 150)
HSL	hsl(78, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 27.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -15.24, 26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 30.15, 120.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0407 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.077 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5621, 57.1634, 37.3235)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE96 #A796CE

analogous

#CEC396 #BDCE96 #A1CE96

triadic

#BDCE96 #96BDCE #CE96BD

tetradic

#BDCE96 #96CEC3 #A796CE #CE96A1

square

#BDCE96 #96CEC3 #A796CE #CE96A1

split-complementary

#BDCE96 #96A1CE #C396CE

monochromatic

#859F4A #A3BB6C #BDCE96 #D7E1C0 #F1F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDCE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BDCE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE96

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE96	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.077 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ddb5',
    500: '#bdce96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce96;
$custom-light: #d1ddb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.214,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8245,
    "c": 0.07715,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE96

secondary

#7865A3

accent

#36AF5B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE96

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

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