#BDBBA7#BDBBA7

#BDBBA7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.028 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBA7
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 167)
HSL	hsl(55, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 11.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -2.79, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 10.76, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0059 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.028 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7309, 49.1499, 43.6295)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBA7 #A7A9BD

analogous

#BDB0A7 #BDBBA7 #B4BDA7

triadic

#BDBBA7 #A7BDBB #BBA7BD

tetradic

#BDBBA7 #A7BDB0 #A7A9BD #BDA7B4

square

#BDBBA7 #A7BDB0 #A7A9BD #BDA7B4

split-complementary

#BDBBA7 #A7B4BD #B0A7BD

monochromatic

#858264 #A3A084 #BDBBA7 #D7D6CA #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBBA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BDBBA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBA7

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBA7	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.028 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfc1',
    500: '#bdbba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbba7;
$custom-light: #d1cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78818,
    "c": 0.02765,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBA7

secondary

#DDDDE3

accent

#54984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBA7

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

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