#BDC8A8#BDC8A8

#BDC8A8 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.045 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8A8
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(81, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(81, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -9.43, 14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 17.51, 122.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0245 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.045 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7075, 54.9545, 45.0795)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8A8 #B3A8C8

analogous

#C8C3A8 #BDC8A8 #ADC8A8

triadic

#BDC8A8 #A8BDC8 #C8A8BD

tetradic

#BDC8A8 #A8C8C3 #B3A8C8 #C8A8AD

square

#BDC8A8 #A8C8C3 #B3A8C8 #C8A8AD

split-complementary

#BDC8A8 #A8ADC8 #C3A8C8

monochromatic

#83965F #A1B083 #BDC8A8 #D9E0CD #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#BDC8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8A8

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8A8	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.045 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c2',
    500: '#bdc8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8a8;
$custom-light: #d1d8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.625,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81569,
    "c": 0.04527,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8A8

secondary

#84789D

accent

#45A164

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8A8

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

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