Light muted green
#BDC59B
#BDC59B is a light muted green with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.4:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BDC59B shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BDC59B kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F5FBDD
- 100 E9EFCF
- 200 D7DEBB
- 300 BDC59B
- 400 A1A880
- 500 858C65
- 600 6B724B
- 700 535936
- 800 3E4323
- 900 2A2E12
- 950 171A05
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-green-50: #f5fbdd; --color-green-100: #e9efcf; --color-green-200: #d7debb; --color-green-300: #bdc59b; --color-green-400: #a1a880; --color-green-500: #858c65; --color-green-600: #6b724b; --color-green-700: #535936; --color-green-800: #3e4323; --color-green-900: #2a2e12; --color-green-950: #171a05;}Is #BDC59B readable?
Contrast for text on #BDC59B and for #BDC59B used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #747A53 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 34 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.4APCA Lc 68 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BDC59B
Six palettes built around #BDC59B, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BDC59B · #6BAB7E · #D8B300 · #B6F2DB · #2C2D1D
- Complementary#BDC59B · #7E72C6 · #C399FF · #F4E3A4 · #22251C
- Split complementary#BDC59B · #7A8CEE · #D268DB · #CFF0B0 · #2C2C23
- Triadic#BDC59B · #59A9D4 · #FF79A6 · #F5E299 · #303028
- Tetradic#BDC59B · #00AAB4 · #A381FF · #FFDCD9 · #2D2F28
- Monochromatic#BDC59B · #99BF72 · #CFAF1D · #CBEFA7 · #25281E
#BDC59B as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BDC59B looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F5FBDD
- Brand 100, #E9EFCF
- Brand 200, #D7DEBB
- Brand 300, #BDC59B
- Brand 400, #A1A880
- Brand 500, #858C65
- Brand 600, #6B724B
- Brand 700, #535936
- Brand 800, #3E4323
- Brand 900, #2A2E12
- Brand 950, #171A05
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F2
- Neutral 200, #E5E6E2
- Neutral 300, #D4D5CF
- Neutral 400, #A0A29A
- Neutral 500, #73746C
- Neutral 600, #53554D
- Neutral 700, #40413A
- Neutral 800, #272922
- Neutral 900, #171912
- Neutral 950, #0A0B06
Success
- Success 50, #E7FFE2
- Success 100, #CAFCBF
- Success 200, #B4EBA9
- Success 300, #97D28A
- Success 400, #78B66A
- Success 500, #66A558
- Success 600, #417E33
- Success 700, #2A651C
- Success 800, #174D07
- Success 900, #0A3600
- Success 950, #041F00
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF6E5
- Warning 100, #FFE8C0
- Warning 200, #FCD387
- Warning 300, #DFAE4C
- Warning 400, #C99B3B
- Warning 500, #AE7F06
- Warning 600, #8D6600
- Warning 700, #6F4F00
- Warning 800, #543B00
- Warning 900, #3A2800
- Warning 950, #221600
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #2591C4
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.9:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BDC59B
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.