#BDB9AA#BDB9AA

#BDB9AA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.021 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB9AA
RGB	rgb(189, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(47, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -1.23, 8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 8.20, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0017 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.021 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5901, 48.4194, 44.9666)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB9AA #AAAEBD

analogous

#BDAFAA #BDB9AA #B7BDAA

triadic

#BDB9AA #AABDB9 #B9AABD

tetradic

#BDB9AA #AABDAF #AAAEBD #BDAAB7

square

#BDB9AA #AABDAF #AAAEBD #BDAAB7

split-complementary

#BDB9AA #AAB7BD #AFAABD

monochromatic

#857F67 #A29D88 #BDB9AA #D8D5CC #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BDB9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BDB9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB9AA

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB9AA	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.021 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cec3',
    500: '#bdb9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb9aa;
$custom-light: #d1cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78482,
    "c": 0.02126,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB9AA

secondary

#DFE0E4

accent

#5E974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB9AA

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

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