#BDCB99#BDCB99

#BDCB99 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.069 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCB99
RGB	rgb(189, 203, 153)
HSL	hsl(77, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(77, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 0%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -13.29, 23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 26.92, 119.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0351 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.069 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0914, 55.8307, 38.3737)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCB99 #A799CB

analogous

#CBC099 #BDCB99 #A4CB99

triadic

#BDCB99 #99BDCB #CB99BD

tetradic

#BDCB99 #99CBC0 #A799CB #CB99A4

square

#BDCB99 #99CBC0 #A799CB #CB99A4

split-complementary

#BDCB99 #99A4CB #C099CB

monochromatic

#859B4F #A3B670 #BDCB99 #D7E0C2 #F1F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BDCB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCB99

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCB99	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 203, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.069 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dab7',
    500: '#bdcb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcb99;
$custom-light: #d1dab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81868,
    "c": 0.06895,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCB99

secondary

#7868A0

accent

#3AAB5A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCB99

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

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