#BDBAB0#BDBAB0

#BDBAB0 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.014 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAB0
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 176)
HSL	hsl(46, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -0.74, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 5.49, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0007 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.014 93)
XYZ	xyz(46.3806, 49.0715, 48.0942)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAB0 #B0B3BD

analogous

#BDB4B0 #BDBAB0 #BABDB0

triadic

#BDBAB0 #B0BDBA #BAB0BD

tetradic

#BDBAB0 #B0BDB4 #B0B3BD #BDB0BA

square

#BDBAB0 #B0BDB4 #B0B3BD #BDB0BA

split-complementary

#BDBAB0 #B0BABD #B4B0BD

monochromatic

#847F6E #A19D8F #BDBAB0 #D9D7D1 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BDBAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAB0

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAB0	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)

#BCB9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.014 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cec7',
    500: '#bdbab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbab0;
$custom-light: #d0cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78851,
    "c": 0.0143,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.49071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAB0

secondary

#E3E4E6

accent

#619353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAB0

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

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