#BDC8AE#BDC8AE

#BDC8AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.038 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8AE
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(85, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(85, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -8.44, 11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 14.45, 125.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0221 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.038 126)
XYZ	xyz(49.2794, 55.1833, 48.0915)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8AE #B9AEC8

analogous

#C8C6AE #BDC8AE #B0C8AE

triadic

#BDC8AE #AEBDC8 #C8AEBD

tetradic

#BDC8AE #AEC8C6 #B9AEC8 #C8AEB0

square

#BDC8AE #AEC8C6 #B9AEC8 #C8AEB0

split-complementary

#BDC8AE #AEB0C8 #C6AEC8

monochromatic

#819666 #9FAF8A #BDC8AE #DBE1D2 #F0F3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDC8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#BDC8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8AE

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8AE	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.038 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d8c6',
    500: '#bdc8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8ae;
$custom-light: #d1d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.385,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81717,
    "c": 0.03757,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.55183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8AE

secondary

#8B7E9C

accent

#489D6C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8AE

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

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