#BDC8AA#BDC8AA

#BDC8AA is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.043 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8AA
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(82, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(82, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -9.10, 13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 16.49, 123.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0237 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.043 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8952, 55.0296, 46.0683)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8AA #B5AAC8

analogous

#C8C4AA #BDC8AA #AEC8AA

triadic

#BDC8AA #AABDC8 #C8AABD

tetradic

#BDC8AA #AAC8C4 #B5AAC8 #C8AAAE

square

#BDC8AA #AAC8C4 #B5AAC8 #C8AAAE

split-complementary

#BDC8AA #AAAEC8 #C4AAC8

monochromatic

#839661 #A0B085 #BDC8AA #DAE0CF #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#BDC8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8AA

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8AA	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.043 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c3',
    500: '#bdc8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8aa;
$custom-light: #d1d8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81618,
    "c": 0.0427,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8AA

secondary

#867A9C

accent

#46A067

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8AA

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

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