#BDB8A5#BDB8A5

#BDB8A5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.027 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8A5
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(48, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -1.53, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 10.40, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0022 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.027 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9177, 47.8169, 42.4533)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8A5 #A5AABD

analogous

#BDACA5 #BDB8A5 #B6BDA5

triadic

#BDB8A5 #A5BDB8 #B8A5BD

tetradic

#BDB8A5 #A5BDAC #A5AABD #BDA5B6

square

#BDB8A5 #A5BDAC #A5AABD #BDA5B6

split-complementary

#BDB8A5 #A5B6BD #ACA5BD

monochromatic

#867E62 #A39C82 #BDB8A5 #D7D4C8 #F1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BDB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8A5

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8A5	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)

#BCB7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.027 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdbf',
    500: '#bdb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8a5;
$custom-light: #d1cdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.02684,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8A5

secondary

#DBDDE2

accent

#5C9A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8A5

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

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