#BDB8A9#BDB8A9

#BDB8A9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.022 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8A9
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(45, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -0.87, 8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 8.29, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0006 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.022 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2874, 47.9648, 44.4008)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8A9 #A9AEBD

analogous

#BDAEA9 #BDB8A9 #B8BDA9

triadic

#BDB8A9 #A9BDB8 #B8A9BD

tetradic

#BDB8A9 #A9BDAE #A9AEBD #BDA9B8

square

#BDB8A9 #A9BDAE #A9AEBD #BDA9B8

split-complementary

#BDB8A9 #A9B8BD #AEA9BD

monochromatic

#857E66 #A29B86 #BDB8A9 #D8D5CC #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BDB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8A9

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8A9	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.022 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdc2',
    500: '#bdb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8a9;
$custom-light: #d1cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7825,
    "c": 0.02155,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8A9

secondary

#DEE0E4

accent

#60974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8A9

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

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