#BDBAA2#BDBAA2

#BDBAA2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.033 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAA2
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 162)
HSL	hsl(53, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -3.08, 12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 12.93, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0065 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.033 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0662, 48.5457, 41.1716)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAA2 #A2A5BD

analogous

#BDADA2 #BDBAA2 #B3BDA2

triadic

#BDBAA2 #A2BDBA #BAA2BD

tetradic

#BDBAA2 #A2BDAD #A2A5BD #BDA2B3

square

#BDBAA2 #A2BDAD #A2A5BD #BDA2B3

split-complementary

#BDBAA2 #A2B3BD #ADA2BD

monochromatic

#86815F #A49F7E #BDBAA2 #D6D5C6 #F0EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BDBAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAA2

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAA2	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.033 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cebd',
    500: '#bdbaa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbaa2;
$custom-light: #d1cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78484,
    "c": 0.03316,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAA2

secondary

#D9DAE1

accent

#539B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAA2

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

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