#BDB8A7#BDB8A7

#BDB8A7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.024 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8A7
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(46, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 11.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -1.20, 9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 9.34, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0014 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.024 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1011, 47.8903, 43.4195)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8A7 #A7ACBD

analogous

#BDADA7 #BDB8A7 #B7BDA7

triadic

#BDB8A7 #A7BDB8 #B8A7BD

tetradic

#BDB8A7 #A7BDAD #A7ACBD #BDA7B7

square

#BDB8A7 #A7BDAD #A7ACBD #BDA7B7

split-complementary

#BDB8A7 #A7B7BD #ADA7BD

monochromatic

#857E64 #A39C84 #BDB8A7 #D7D4CA #F1F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BDB8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8A7

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8A7	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.024 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdc1',
    500: '#bdb8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8a7;
$custom-light: #d1cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78197,
    "c": 0.02419,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8A7

secondary

#DDDEE3

accent

#5E984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8A7

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

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