#BDCDAD#BDCDAD

#BDCDAD is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.047 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCDAD
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(90, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(90, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -11.18, 14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 18.01, 128.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0296 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.047 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3592, 57.4983, 47.9723)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCDAD #BDADCD

analogous

#CDCDAD #BDCDAD #ADCDAD

triadic

#BDCDAD #ADBDCD #CDADBD

tetradic

#BDCDAD #ADCDCD #BDADCD #CDADAD

square

#BDCDAD #ADCDCD #BDADCD #CDADAD

split-complementary

#BDCDAD #ADADCD #CDADCD

monochromatic

#809F61 #9EB687 #BDCDAD #DCE4D3 #F0F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BDCDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#BDCDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCDAD

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCDAD	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BECAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.047 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcc5',
    500: '#bdcdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcdad;
$custom-light: #d1dcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8275,
    "c": 0.04698,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCDAD

secondary

#8F7CA2

accent

#43A373

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF9

border

#D4D5D2

text

#141513

muted

#838482

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCDAD

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

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