#BDD299#BDD299

#BDD299 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.080 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDD299
RGB	rgb(189, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(82, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(82, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 27.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -16.82, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 30.95, 122.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0451 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.08 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7820, 59.2117, 38.9372)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDD299 #AE99D2

analogous

#D2CA99 #BDD299 #A0D299

triadic

#BDD299 #99BDD2 #D299BD

tetradic

#BDD299 #99D2CA #AE99D2 #D299A0

square

#BDD299 #99D2CA #AE99D2 #D299A0

split-complementary

#BDD299 #99A0D2 #CA99D2

monochromatic

#85A74A #A2BF6F #BDD299 #D8E5C3 #F1F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BDD299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#BDD299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDD299

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDD299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDD299	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdd299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.080 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dfb7',
    500: '#bdd299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdd299;
$custom-light: #d1dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdd299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.105,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83374,
    "c": 0.07955,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDD299

secondary

#7F67A8

accent

#34B262

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDD299

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

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