#BDB8A3#BDB8A3

#BDB8A3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.029 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8A3
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(48, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -1.85, 11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 11.46, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0031 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.03 96)
XYZ	xyz(44.7371, 47.7446, 41.5021)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8A3 #A3A8BD

analogous

#BDABA3 #BDB8A3 #B5BDA3

triadic

#BDB8A3 #A3BDB8 #B8A3BD

tetradic

#BDB8A3 #A3BDAB #A3A8BD #BDA3B5

square

#BDB8A3 #A3BDAB #A3A8BD #BDA3B5

split-complementary

#BDB8A3 #A3B5BD #ABA3BD

monochromatic

#867E60 #A39D7F #BDB8A3 #D7D4C7 #F0EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BDB8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8A3

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8A3	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.029 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdbe',
    500: '#bdb8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8a3;
$custom-light: #d1cdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78094,
    "c": 0.0295,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.47744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8A3

secondary

#DADCE2

accent

#5A9B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8A3

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

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