#BDBAAC#BDBAAC

#BDBAAC is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.020 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAAC
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 172)
HSL	hsl(49, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -1.42, 7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 7.60, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0024 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.02 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9907, 48.9155, 46.0405)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAAC #ACAFBD

analogous

#BDB1AC #BDBAAC #B7BDAC

triadic

#BDBAAC #ACBDBA #BAACBD

tetradic

#BDBAAC #ACBDB1 #ACAFBD #BDACB7

square

#BDBAAC #ACBDB1 #ACAFBD #BDACB7

split-complementary

#BDBAAC #ACB7BD #B1ACBD

monochromatic

#85806A #A29E8A #BDBAAC #D8D6CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BDBAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAAC

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAAC	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)

#BDB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.020 96.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78742,
    "c": 0.01967,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAAC

secondary

#E0E1E5

accent

#5C9550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAAC

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

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