#BDBBAE#BDBBAE

#BDBBAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.018 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBAE
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(52, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -1.61, 6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 7.02, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0031 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.018 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3956, 49.4157, 47.1302)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBAE #AEB0BD

analogous

#BDB3AE #BDBBAE #B7BDAE

triadic

#BDBBAE #AEBDBB #BBAEBD

tetradic

#BDBBAE #AEBDB3 #AEB0BD #BDAEB7

square

#BDBBAE #AEBDB3 #AEB0BD #BDAEB7

split-complementary

#BDBBAE #AEB7BD #B3AEBD

monochromatic

#85816C #A29F8C #BDBBAE #D8D7D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BDBBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBAE

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBAE	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.018 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc6',
    500: '#bdbbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbae;
$custom-light: #d0cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79003,
    "c": 0.01814,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBAE

secondary

#E1E2E5

accent

#5A9451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBAE

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

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