#BDCAA5#BDCAA5

#BDCAA5 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.052 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCAA5
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 165)
HSL	hsl(81, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(81, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 18.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -10.94, 17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 20.23, 122.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0287 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.052 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8974, 55.7764, 43.7799)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCAA5 #B2A5CA

analogous

#CAC5A5 #BDCAA5 #ABCAA5

triadic

#BDCAA5 #A5BDCA #CAA5BD

tetradic

#BDCAA5 #A5CAC5 #B2A5CA #CAA5AB

square

#BDCAA5 #A5CAC5 #B2A5CA #CAA5AB

split-complementary

#BDCAA5 #A5ABCA #C5A5CA

monochromatic

#849A5B #A1B37E #BDCAA5 #D9E1CC #F1F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BDCAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BDCAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCAA5

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCAA5	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC5A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.052 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dabf',
    500: '#bdcaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcaa5;
$custom-light: #d1dabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.081,
    "s": 25.874,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81922,
    "c": 0.05225,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCAA5

secondary

#83749F

accent

#41A464

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCAA5

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

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