#BDBBA5#BDBBA5

#BDBBA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.030 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBA5
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 165)
HSL	hsl(55, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -3.12, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 11.82, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0067 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.03 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5475, 49.0765, 42.6633)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBA5 #A5A7BD

analogous

#BDAFA5 #BDBBA5 #B3BDA5

triadic

#BDBBA5 #A5BDBB #BBA5BD

tetradic

#BDBBA5 #A5BDAF #A5A7BD #BDA5B3

square

#BDBBA5 #A5BDAF #A5A7BD #BDA5B3

split-complementary

#BDBBA5 #A5B3BD #AFA5BD

monochromatic

#868362 #A3A082 #BDBBA5 #D7D6C8 #F1F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBBA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BDBBA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBA5

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBA5	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.030 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfbf',
    500: '#bdbba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbba5;
$custom-light: #d1cfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78767,
    "c": 0.03035,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBA5

secondary

#DBDCE2

accent

#529A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBA5

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

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