#BDBBA3#BDBBA3

#BDBBA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.033 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBA3
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 163)
HSL	hsl(55, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -3.44, 12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 12.89, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0076 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.033 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3668, 49.0042, 41.7120)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBA3 #A3A5BD

analogous

#BDAEA3 #BDBBA3 #B2BDA3

triadic

#BDBBA3 #A3BDBB #BBA3BD

tetradic

#BDBBA3 #A3BDAE #A3A5BD #BDA3B2

square

#BDBBA3 #A3BDAE #A3A5BD #BDA3B2

split-complementary

#BDBBA3 #A3B2BD #AEA3BD

monochromatic

#868360 #A3A17F #BDBBA3 #D7D5C7 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBBA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BDBBA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBA3

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBA3	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)

#C0B9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.033 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfbe',
    500: '#bdbba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbba3;
$custom-light: #d1cfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78717,
    "c": 0.03305,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBA3

secondary

#DADBE2

accent

#519B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBA3

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

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