#BDB8A2#BDB8A2

#BDB8A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.031 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8A2
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(49, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -2.02, 11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 11.99, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0035 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.031 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.6478, 47.7089, 41.0321)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8A2 #A2A7BD

analogous

#BDABA2 #BDB8A2 #B5BDA2

triadic

#BDB8A2 #A2BDB8 #B8A2BD

tetradic

#BDB8A2 #A2BDAB #A2A7BD #BDA2B5

square

#BDB8A2 #A2BDAB #A2A7BD #BDA2B5

split-complementary

#BDB8A2 #A2B5BD #ABA2BD

monochromatic

#867F5F #A49D7E #BDB8A2 #D6D3C6 #F0EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BDB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8A2

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8A2	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.031 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdbd',
    500: '#bdb8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8a2;
$custom-light: #d1cdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78069,
    "c": 0.03084,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8A2

secondary

#D9DBE1

accent

#599B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8A2

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

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