#BDBBA2#BDBBA2

#BDBBA2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.034 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBA2
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 162)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -3.60, 12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 13.43, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.008 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.034 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2776, 48.9685, 41.2420)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBA2 #A2A4BD

analogous

#BDAEA2 #BDBBA2 #B2BDA2

triadic

#BDBBA2 #A2BDBB #BBA2BD

tetradic

#BDBBA2 #A2BDAE #A2A4BD #BDA2B2

square

#BDBBA2 #A2BDAE #A2A4BD #BDA2B2

split-complementary

#BDBBA2 #A2B2BD #AEA2BD

monochromatic

#86835F #A4A17E #BDBBA2 #D6D5C6 #F0EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BDBBA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BDBBA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBA2

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBA2	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)

#C0B9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BAA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.034 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfbd',
    500: '#bdbba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbba2;
$custom-light: #d1cfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78692,
    "c": 0.03439,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBA2

secondary

#D9DAE1

accent

#509B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBA2

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

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