#BDC5AA Color

#BDC5AA is rgb(189, 197, 170) in RGB, hsl(78, 19%, 72%) in HSL, and about cmyk(4%, 0%, 14%, 23%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Laurel Green (#A9BA9D), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 5.99. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#BDC5AA

HEX#BDC5AA

RGBrgb(189, 197, 170)

HSLhsl(78, 19%, 72%)

HSVhsv(78, 14%, 77%)

CMYKcmyk(4%, 0%, 14%, 23%)

OKLCHoklch(81% 0.038 120.7)

LABlab(78.34% -6.42 12.61)

LCHlch(78.34% 14.15 116.98)

What #BDC5AA Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #BDC5AA, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Laurel Green#A9BA9DΔE 5.99 Greige#BEB7A4ΔE 7.81 Cambridge Blue#A3C1ADΔE 9.75 Pastel Gray#CFCFC4ΔE 9.81 Ash Gray#B2BEB5ΔE 9.91 Dark Vanilla#D1BEA8ΔE 10.83

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#BDC5AA Channel Values

How #BDC5AA breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 189 · G 197 · B 170	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 78° · S 19% · L 72%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 78° · S 14% · V 77%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 4% · M 0% · Y 14% · K 23%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	1.79:1 vs white · 11.73:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #BDC5AA background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.79:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

TextBlack text11.73:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #BDC5AA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #BDC5AA; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base

Complementary

Analogous

Analogous

Triadic

Triadic

Split comp.

Split comp.

Tints & Shades of #BDC5AA

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #BDC5AA.

How #BDC5AA Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#BDC5AA

Protanopia#C4C4AA

Protanomaly#C1C4AA

Deuteranopia#C2C2AA

Deuteranomaly#C0C3AA

Tritanopia#C0C2C2

Tritanomaly#BFC3B9

Achromatopsia#C2C2C2

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #BDC5AA in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-bdc5aa: #BDC5AA;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #BDC5AA;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-bdc5aa': '#BDC5AA' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.741, green: 0.773, blue: 0.667)

Android XML<color name="color_bdc5aa">#BDC5AA</color>

SVG fillfill="#BDC5AA"

More Green Colors

#BDC5AA sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

000200 fdfff5 001f00 f7fee7 002400 f7fbf5 002c22 f5fffa 002e00 f5fff5 003300 f0fff0 008000 00db87 0d542b 20483f 33cc66 46c399 5ea500 728639 91e0b7 a3f5d8 bcd7bc d1ffed

#BDC5AA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #BDC5AA?

#BDC5AA is a light green — rgb(189, 197, 170) in RGB and hsl(78, 19%, 72%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Laurel Green (#A9BA9D), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 5.99.

What is the RGB value of #BDC5AA?

#BDC5AA is rgb(189, 197, 170) — red 189, green 197, and blue 170 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #BDC5AA?

#BDC5AA converts to approximately cmyk(4%, 0%, 14%, 23%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #BDC5AA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #BDC5AA scores 1.79:1 against white and 11.73:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #BDC5AA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #BDC5AA is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is silver (#C0C0C0) at a CIE76 distance of 14.17, which is visibly different.

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