#BDC299#BDC299

#BDC299 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.056 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC299
RGB	rgb(189, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(67, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(67, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 21.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -8.66, 20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 21.89, 113.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0221 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.056 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0274, 51.7026, 37.6857)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC299 #9E99C2

analogous

#C2B299 #BDC299 #A8C299

triadic

#BDC299 #99BDC2 #C299BD

tetradic

#BDC299 #99C2B2 #9E99C2 #C299A8

square

#BDC299 #99C2B2 #9E99C2 #C299A8

split-complementary

#BDC299 #99A8C2 #B299C2

monochromatic

#868D54 #A4AB73 #BDC299 #D6D9BF #EFF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BDC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BDC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC299

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC299	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BE96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.056 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d4b7',
    500: '#bdc299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc299;
$custom-light: #d1d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79951,
    "c": 0.05579,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC299

secondary

#6F6996

accent

#42A44E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC299

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

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