#BDC8AB#BDC8AB

#BDC8AB is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.041 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8AB
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(83, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(83, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -8.94, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 15.98, 124.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0233 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.041 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9902, 55.0676, 46.5684)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8AB #B6ABC8

analogous

#C8C4AB #BDC8AB #AEC8AB

triadic

#BDC8AB #ABBDC8 #C8ABBD

tetradic

#BDC8AB #ABC8C4 #B6ABC8 #C8ABAE

square

#BDC8AB #ABC8C4 #B6ABC8 #C8ABAE

split-complementary

#BDC8AB #ABAEC8 #C4ABC8

monochromatic

#839662 #A0B086 #BDC8AB #DAE0D0 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#BDC8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8AB

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8AB	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)

#CCC4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.041 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c4',
    500: '#bdc8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ab;
$custom-light: #d1d8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.759,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81642,
    "c": 0.04142,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8AB

secondary

#887B9C

accent

#469F68

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8AB

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

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