#BDBBA8#BDBBA8

#BDBBA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.026 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBA8
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 168)
HSL	hsl(54, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -2.63, 9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 10.22, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0055 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.026 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8237, 49.1870, 44.1182)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBA8 #A8AABD

analogous

#BDB1A8 #BDBBA8 #B4BDA8

triadic

#BDBBA8 #A8BDBB #BBA8BD

tetradic

#BDBBA8 #A8BDB1 #A8AABD #BDA8B4

square

#BDBBA8 #A8BDB1 #A8AABD #BDA8B4

split-complementary

#BDBBA8 #A8B4BD #B1A8BD

monochromatic

#858265 #A3A085 #BDBBA8 #D7D6CB #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BDBBA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BDBBA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBA8

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBA8	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.026 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cfc1',
    500: '#bdbba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbba8;
$custom-light: #d1cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78844,
    "c": 0.02629,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBA8

secondary

#DDDEE3

accent

#55984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBA8

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

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