#BDC8A9#BDC8A9

#BDC8A9 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.044 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8A9
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(81, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(81, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -9.27, 14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 17.00, 123.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0241 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.044 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8010, 54.9919, 45.5720)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8A9 #B4A9C8

analogous

#C8C4A9 #BDC8A9 #AEC8A9

triadic

#BDC8A9 #A9BDC8 #C8A9BD

tetradic

#BDC8A9 #A9C8C4 #B4A9C8 #C8A9AE

square

#BDC8A9 #A9C8C4 #B4A9C8 #C8A9AE

split-complementary

#BDC8A9 #A9AEC8 #C4A9C8

monochromatic

#839660 #A0B084 #BDC8A9 #DAE0CE #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#BDC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8A9

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8A9	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.044 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c2',
    500: '#bdc8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8a9;
$custom-light: #d1d8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.29,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81593,
    "c": 0.04398,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8A9

secondary

#85799D

accent

#45A065

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8A9

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

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