#BDBAA4#BDBAA4

#BDBAA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.030 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAA4
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 164)
HSL	hsl(53, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -2.75, 11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 11.87, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0056 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.03 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2454, 48.6174, 42.1153)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAA4 #A4A7BD

analogous

#BDAEA4 #BDBAA4 #B4BDA4

triadic

#BDBAA4 #A4BDBA #BAA4BD

tetradic

#BDBAA4 #A4BDAE #A4A7BD #BDA4B4

square

#BDBAA4 #A4BDAE #A4A7BD #BDA4B4

split-complementary

#BDBAA4 #A4B4BD #AEA4BD

monochromatic

#868161 #A39F81 #BDBAA4 #D7D5C7 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BDBAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BDBAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAA4

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAA4	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.030 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cebf',
    500: '#bdbaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbaa4;
$custom-light: #d1cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78534,
    "c": 0.03047,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAA4

secondary

#DBDCE2

accent

#559A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAA4

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

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