#BDBAAD#BDBAAD

#BDBAAD is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.018 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAAD
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 173)
HSL	hsl(49, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -1.25, 6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 7.07, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.002 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.018 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0871, 48.9541, 46.5482)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAAD #ADB0BD

analogous

#BDB2AD #BDBAAD #B8BDAD

triadic

#BDBAAD #ADBDBA #BAADBD

tetradic

#BDBAAD #ADBDB2 #ADB0BD #BDADB8

square

#BDBAAD #ADBDB2 #ADB0BD #BDADB8

split-complementary

#BDBAAD #ADB8BD #B2ADBD

monochromatic

#85806B #A29D8B #BDBAAD #D8D7CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BDBAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAAD

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAAD	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.018 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec5',
    500: '#bdbaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbaad;
$custom-light: #d0cec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.01833,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAAD

secondary

#E1E2E5

accent

#5D9551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAAD

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

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