#BDC8A5#BDC8A5

#BDC8A5 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.049 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8A5
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(79, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(79, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -9.91, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 19.05, 121.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0258 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.049 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4312, 54.8440, 43.6245)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8A5 #B0A5C8

analogous

#C8C2A5 #BDC8A5 #ACC8A5

triadic

#BDC8A5 #A5BDC8 #C8A5BD

tetradic

#BDC8A5 #A5C8C2 #B0A5C8 #C8A5AC

square

#BDC8A5 #A5C8C2 #B0A5C8 #C8A5AC

split-complementary

#BDC8A5 #A5ACC8 #C2A5C8

monochromatic

#84975C #A1B17F #BDC8A5 #D9DFCB #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#BDC8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8A5

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8A5	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC4A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.049 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8bf',
    500: '#bdc8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8a5;
$custom-light: #d1d8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.857,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81498,
    "c": 0.04913,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8A5

secondary

#81759D

accent

#43A361

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8A5

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

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