#BDC8AC#BDC8AC

#BDC8AC is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.040 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8AC
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 172)
HSL	hsl(84, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(84, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 14%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -8.77, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 15.47, 124.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0229 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.04 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.0858, 55.1058, 47.0723)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8AC #B7ACC8

analogous

#C8C5AC #BDC8AC #AFC8AC

triadic

#BDC8AC #ACBDC8 #C8ACBD

tetradic

#BDC8AC #ACC8C5 #B7ACC8 #C8ACAF

square

#BDC8AC #ACC8C5 #B7ACC8 #C8ACAF

split-complementary

#BDC8AC #ACAFC8 #C5ACC8

monochromatic

#829663 #A0B087 #BDC8AC #DAE0D1 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BDC8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BDC8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8AC

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8AC	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.040 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c4',
    500: '#bdc8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ac;
$custom-light: #d1d8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.571,
    "s": 20.29,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81667,
    "c": 0.04014,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8AC

secondary

#897C9C

accent

#479F69

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8AC

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

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