#BDBAAF#BDBAAF

#BDBAAF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.016 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAAF
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(47, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -0.91, 5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 6.01, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0012 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.016 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2821, 49.0321, 47.5751)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAAF #AFB2BD

analogous

#BDB3AF #BDBAAF #B9BDAF

triadic

#BDBAAF #AFBDBA #BAAFBD

tetradic

#BDBAAF #AFBDB3 #AFB2BD #BDAFB9

square

#BDBAAF #AFBDB3 #AFB2BD #BDAFB9

split-complementary

#BDBAAF #AFB9BD #B3AFBD

monochromatic

#847F6D #A19D8D #BDBAAF #D9D7D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BDBAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAAF

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAAF	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbaaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.016 94.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbaaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.01564,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAAF

secondary

#E2E3E6

accent

#609452

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAAF

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

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