#BDB8A6#BDB8A6

#BDB8A6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.026 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8A6
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(47, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -1.36, 9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 9.87, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0018 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.026 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0090, 47.8534, 42.9345)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8A6 #A6ABBD

analogous

#BDADA6 #BDB8A6 #B7BDA6

triadic

#BDB8A6 #A6BDB8 #B8A6BD

tetradic

#BDB8A6 #A6BDAD #A6ABBD #BDA6B7

square

#BDB8A6 #A6BDAD #A6ABBD #BDA6B7

split-complementary

#BDB8A6 #A6B7BD #ADA6BD

monochromatic

#867E63 #A39C83 #BDB8A6 #D7D4C9 #F1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BDB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8A6

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8A6	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.026 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdc0',
    500: '#bdb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8a6;
$custom-light: #d1cdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78171,
    "c": 0.02552,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8A6

secondary

#DCDEE3

accent

#5D994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8A6

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

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