#BDCAA8#BDCAA8

#BDCAA8 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.048 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCAA8
RGB	rgb(189, 202, 168)
HSL	hsl(83, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(83, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 16.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -10.46, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 18.70, 124.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0274 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.048 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1737, 55.8869, 45.2349)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCAA8 #B5A8CA

analogous

#CAC6A8 #BDCAA8 #ACCAA8

triadic

#BDCAA8 #A8BDCA #CAA8BD

tetradic

#BDCAA8 #A8CAC6 #B5A8CA #CAA8AC

square

#BDCAA8 #A8CAC6 #B5A8CA #CAA8AC

split-complementary

#BDCAA8 #A8ACCA #C6A8CA

monochromatic

#839A5E #A0B382 #BDCAA8 #DAE1CE #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BDCAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#BDCAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCAA8

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCAA8	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC5A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 202, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.048 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dac2',
    500: '#bdcaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcaa8;
$custom-light: #d1dac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.941,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81993,
    "c": 0.04844,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCAA8

secondary

#86779F

accent

#43A367

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCAA8

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

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