#BDB8A4#BDB8A4

#BDB8A4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.028 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8A4
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(48, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -1.69, 10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 10.93, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0027 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.028 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8270, 47.7806, 41.9758)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8A4 #A4A9BD

analogous

#BDACA4 #BDB8A4 #B6BDA4

triadic

#BDB8A4 #A4BDB8 #B8A4BD

tetradic

#BDB8A4 #A4BDAC #A4A9BD #BDA4B6

square

#BDB8A4 #A4BDAC #A4A9BD #BDA4B6

split-complementary

#BDB8A4 #A4B6BD #ACA4BD

monochromatic

#867E61 #A39C81 #BDB8A4 #D7D4C7 #F0EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BDB8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8A4

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8A4	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.028 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdbf',
    500: '#bdb8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8a4;
$custom-light: #d1cdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78119,
    "c": 0.02818,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8A4

secondary

#DBDCE2

accent

#5B9A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8A4

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

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