#BDC8B3#BDC8B3

#BDC8B3 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.031 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDC8B3
RGB	rgb(189, 200, 179)
HSL	hsl(91, 16%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(91, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -7.58, 9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 11.94, 129.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.02 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.031 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7759, 55.3819, 50.7065)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDC8B3 #BEB3C8

analogous

#C8C8B3 #BDC8B3 #B3C8B4

triadic

#BDC8B3 #B3BDC8 #C8B3BD

tetradic

#BDC8B3 #B3C8C8 #BEB3C8 #C8B4B3

square

#BDC8B3 #B3C8C8 #BEB3C8 #C8B4B3

split-complementary

#BDC8B3 #B4B3C8 #C8B3C8

monochromatic

#7F956C #9EAE8F #BDC8B3 #DCE2D7 #F0F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BDC8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#BDC8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDC8B3

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDC8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDC8B3	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdc8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 200, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.031 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8c9',
    500: '#bdc8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdc8b3;
$custom-light: #d0d8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdc8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.429,
    "s": 16.031,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81845,
    "c": 0.03123,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDC8B3

secondary

#90839C

accent

#4B9A75

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDC8B3

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

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