#BDCE9D#BDCE9D

#BDCE9D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.069 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE9D
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 157)
HSL	hsl(81, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(81, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 23.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -14.22, 22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 26.63, 122.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0377 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.069 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1427, 57.3957, 40.3813)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE9D #AE9DCE

analogous

#CEC69D #BDCE9D #A4CE9D

triadic

#BDCE9D #9DBDCE #CE9DBD

tetradic

#BDCE9D #9DCEC6 #AE9DCE #CE9DA4

square

#BDCE9D #9DCEC6 #AE9DCE #CE9DA4

split-complementary

#BDCE9D #9DA4CE #C69DCE

monochromatic

#85A050 #A2BA74 #BDCE9D #D8E2C6 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BDCE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#BDCE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE9D

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE9D	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.069 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ddba',
    500: '#bdce9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce9d;
$custom-light: #d1ddba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.816,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82597,
    "c": 0.06852,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE9D

secondary

#7F6CA3

accent

#39AC61

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE9D

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

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