#BDCE99#BDCE99

#BDCE99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.073 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCE99
RGB	rgb(189, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(79, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(79, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -14.81, 24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 28.64, 121.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0394 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.073 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8067, 57.2613, 38.6121)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCE99 #AA99CE

analogous

#CEC499 #BDCE99 #A2CE99

triadic

#BDCE99 #99BDCE #CE99BD

tetradic

#BDCE99 #99CEC4 #AA99CE #CE99A2

square

#BDCE99 #99CEC4 #AA99CE #CE99A2

split-complementary

#BDCE99 #99A2CE #C499CE

monochromatic

#85A04D #A2BA70 #BDCE99 #D8E2C2 #F2F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BDCE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BDCE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCE99

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCE99	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.073 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ddb7',
    500: '#bdce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdce99;
$custom-light: #d1ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.245,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82512,
    "c": 0.07346,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCE99

secondary

#7B68A3

accent

#38AE5E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCE99

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

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