#BDCE97#BDCE97

#BDCE97 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.076 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE97
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 151)
HSL	hsl(79, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(79, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 26.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -15.10, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 29.65, 120.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0403 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.076 122)
XYZ	xyz(48.6429, 57.1958, 37.7494)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE97 #A897CE

analogous

#CEC397 #BDCE97 #A2CE97

triadic

#BDCE97 #97BDCE #CE97BD

tetradic

#BDCE97 #97CEC3 #A897CE #CE97A2

square

#BDCE97 #97CEC3 #A897CE #CE97A2

split-complementary

#BDCE97 #97A2CE #C397CE

monochromatic

#859F4B #A3BA6D #BDCE97 #D7E2C1 #F2F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDCE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#BDCE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE97

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE97	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.076 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ddb6',
    500: '#bdce97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce97;
$custom-light: #d1ddb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.545,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82471,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.57196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE97

secondary

#7966A3

accent

#37AF5C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE97

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

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