#BDC199#BDC199

#BDC199 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.054 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC199
RGB	rgb(189, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(66, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 20.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -8.14, 19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 21.35, 112.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0206 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.054 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8056, 51.2590, 37.6117)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC199 #9D99C1

analogous

#C1B199 #BDC199 #A9C199

triadic

#BDC199 #99BDC1 #C199BD

tetradic

#BDC199 #99C1B1 #9D99C1 #C199A9

square

#BDC199 #99C1B1 #9D99C1 #C199A9

split-complementary

#BDC199 #99A9C1 #B199C1

monochromatic

#868B55 #A4AA73 #BDC199 #D6D8BF #EEEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDC199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BDC199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC199

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC199	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.054 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d3b7',
    500: '#bdc199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc199;
$custom-light: #d1d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 24.39,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7974,
    "c": 0.05439,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC199

secondary

#6E6995

accent

#43A34C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC199

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

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