#BDBBAC#BDBBAC

#BDBBAC is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.021 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBAC
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(53, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -1.95, 7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 8.09, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0039 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.021 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2021, 49.3383, 46.1110)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBAC #ACAEBD

analogous

#BDB2AC #BDBBAC #B6BDAC

triadic

#BDBBAC #ACBDBB #BBACBD

tetradic

#BDBBAC #ACBDB2 #ACAEBD #BDACB6

square

#BDBBAC #ACBDB2 #ACAEBD #BDACB6

split-complementary

#BDBBAC #ACB6BD #B2ACBD

monochromatic

#85826A #A29F8A #BDBBAC #D8D7CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDBBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBAC

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBAC	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.021 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc4',
    500: '#bdbbac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbac;
$custom-light: #d0cfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78949,
    "c": 0.02086,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBAC

secondary

#E0E1E5

accent

#589550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBAC

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

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