#BDD397#BDD397

#BDD397 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.083 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD397
RGB	rgb(189, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(82, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(82, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 28.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -17.61, 27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 32.52, 122.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0473 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.083 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8658, 59.6415, 38.1571)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD397 #AD97D3

analogous

#D3CB97 #BDD397 #9FD397

triadic

#BDD397 #97BDD3 #D397BD

tetradic

#BDD397 #97D3CB #AD97D3 #D3979F

square

#BDD397 #97D3CB #AD97D3 #D3979F

split-complementary

#BDD397 #979FD3 #CB97D3

monochromatic

#85A847 #A2C16C #BDD397 #D8E5C2 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BDD397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#BDD397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD397

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD397	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.083 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e0b6',
    500: '#bdd397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd397;
$custom-light: #d1e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83549,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD397

secondary

#7E65A9

accent

#32B461

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD397

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

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