Information about #BDC499 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BDC499 reads as a softly balanced golden yellow and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Gooseberry (#BFC298). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Soft Apple (#B8CA9D) and Aspiring (#BBBBA1).
In RGB terms — rgb(189, 196, 153) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #BDC499 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 11.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.8:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#BDC499 color variations
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#BDC499 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BDC499 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BDC499 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BDC499 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BDC499 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BDC499 color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #BDC499
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BFC298
#B8CA9D
#BBBBA1
#C2B89E
#C5BAA0
#C7BA95
#BBCDA5
#BCB88F
#BCBFA8
#C3BF8B
#BDCAA8
#CBBFA0
#BDC499 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BDC499
- RGB189, 196, 153
- CMYK3, 0, 17, 23
- CSSrgb(189, 196, 153)
- HSL70°, 27%, 68%
- HSL Precise69.767°, 26.708%, 68.431%
- HSV70°, 22%, 77%
- HSB70°, 22%, 77%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.769
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.600
- GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.769, 0.600)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.769, 0.600, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.769, 0.600)
- Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB76.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB60%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDBDC499
- DECIMAL ID12436633
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
