#BDBAAB#BDBAAB

#BDBAAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.021 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAAB
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 171)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -1.59, 7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 8.14, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0028 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.021 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8950, 48.8772, 45.5366)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAAB #ABAEBD

analogous

#BDB1AB #BDBAAB #B7BDAB

triadic

#BDBAAB #ABBDBA #BAABBD

tetradic

#BDBAAB #ABBDB1 #ABAEBD #BDABB7

square

#BDBAAB #ABBDB1 #ABAEBD #BDABB7

split-complementary

#BDBAAB #ABB7BD #B1ABBD

monochromatic

#858069 #A29E89 #BDBAAB #D8D6CD #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BDBAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAAB

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAAB	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.021 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec4',
    500: '#bdbaab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbaab;
$custom-light: #d0cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78716,
    "c": 0.02102,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAAB

secondary

#DFE0E4

accent

#5B964F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAAB

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

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