#bdc86e

Color #bdc86e

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 10.47 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bdc86e

RGB

rgb(189, 200, 110)

HSL

hsl(67.3, 45%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.3, 45%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 45%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(78.02, -17.16, 43.54)

LCH

lch(78.02, 46.8, 111.51)

OKLCH

oklch(80.5%, 0.1152, 114.74)

HWB

hwb(67.3, 43.1%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#796ec8

Analogous

#c8a66e

#bdc86e

#90c86e

Triadic

#bdc86e

#6ebdc8

#c86ebd

Split-complementary

#bdc86e

#6e90c8

#a66ec8

Tetradic

#bdc86e

#6ec879

#796ec8

#c86ebd

Square

#bdc86e

#6ec8a6

#796ec8

#c86e90

Shades

Color #bdc86e mixed toward black.

#acba49

#8b9639

#68702b

#454b1c

#23250e

Tints

Color #bdc86e mixed toward white.

#c8d186

#d3da9e

#dee4b7

#e9edcf

#f4f6e7

Tones

Color #bdc86e mixed toward gray.

#b7c176

#b2b97d

#acb285

#a6aa8c

#a1a394

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c28b · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#c1c091 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#be9da1 · ΔE 35

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdc86e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdc86e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bdc86e (#bdc86e) is rgb(189, 200, 110) in RGB.

No, #bdc86e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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