#BDBAAE#BDBAAE

#BDBAAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.017 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAAE
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(48, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -1.08, 6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 6.54, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0016 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.017 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1842, 48.9929, 47.0597)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAAE #AEB1BD

analogous

#BDB2AE #BDBAAE #B8BDAE

triadic

#BDBAAE #AEBDBA #BAAEBD

tetradic

#BDBAAE #AEBDB2 #AEB1BD #BDAEB8

square

#BDBAAE #AEBDB2 #AEB1BD #BDAEB8

split-complementary

#BDBAAE #AEB8BD #B2AEBD

monochromatic

#85806C #A29D8C #BDBAAE #D8D7D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BDBAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAAE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAAE	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.017 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec6',
    500: '#bdbaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbaae;
$custom-light: #d0cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78796,
    "c": 0.01698,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAAE

secondary

#E1E2E5

accent

#5F9451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAAE

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

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