#BDC8A6#BDC8A6

#BDC8A6 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.048 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8A6
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(79, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(79, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -9.75, 15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 18.54, 121.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0254 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.048 122)
XYZ	xyz(48.5226, 54.8805, 44.1057)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8A6 #B1A6C8

analogous

#C8C2A6 #BDC8A6 #ACC8A6

triadic

#BDC8A6 #A6BDC8 #C8A6BD

tetradic

#BDC8A6 #A6C8C2 #B1A6C8 #C8A6AC

square

#BDC8A6 #A6C8C2 #B1A6C8 #C8A6AC

split-complementary

#BDC8A6 #A6ACC8 #C2A6C8

monochromatic

#84975D #A1B180 #BDC8A6 #D9DFCC #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BDC8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8A6

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8A6	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC4A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.048 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c0',
    500: '#bdc8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8a6;
$custom-light: #d1d8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.412,
    "s": 23.611,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81521,
    "c": 0.04785,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.54881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8A6

secondary

#82769D

accent

#43A262

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8A6

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

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