#BDCD99#BDCD99

#BDCD99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.072 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD99
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(78, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -14.30, 24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 28.07, 120.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.038 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.072 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5668, 56.7814, 38.5321)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD99 #A999CD

analogous

#CDC399 #BDCD99 #A3CD99

triadic

#BDCD99 #99BDCD #CD99BD

tetradic

#BDCD99 #99CDC3 #A999CD #CD99A3

square

#BDCD99 #99CDC3 #A999CD #CD99A3

split-complementary

#BDCD99 #99A3CD #C399CD

monochromatic

#859E4D #A2B970 #BDCD99 #D8E1C2 #F2F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDCD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#BDCD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD99

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD99	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.072 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcb7',
    500: '#bdcd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd99;
$custom-light: #d1dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.462,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82297,
    "c": 0.07195,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD99

secondary

#7A68A2

accent

#38AD5C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD99

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

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