#BDB8A0#BDB8A0

#BDB8A0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.033 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8A0
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(50, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 15.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -2.34, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 13.05, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0043 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.033 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4714, 47.6384, 40.1033)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8A0 #A0A5BD

analogous

#BDA9A0 #BDB8A0 #B3BDA0

triadic

#BDB8A0 #A0BDB8 #B8A0BD

tetradic

#BDB8A0 #A0BDA9 #A0A5BD #BDA0B3

square

#BDB8A0 #A0BDA9 #A0A5BD #BDA0B3

split-complementary

#BDB8A0 #A0B3BD #A9A0BD

monochromatic

#867F5D #A49D7C #BDB8A0 #D6D3C4 #EFEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BDB8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8A0

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8A0	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.033 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdbc',
    500: '#bdb8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8a0;
$custom-light: #d1cdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78019,
    "c": 0.03349,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8A0

secondary

#D8DAE1

accent

#589C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8A0

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

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