#BDBBB0#BDBBB0

#BDBBB0 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.015 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBB0
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 176)
HSL	hsl(51, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -1.27, 5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 5.95, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0022 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.015 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5920, 49.4943, 48.1647)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBB0 #B0B2BD

analogous

#BDB5B0 #BDBBB0 #B9BDB0

triadic

#BDBBB0 #B0BDBB #BBB0BD

tetradic

#BDBBB0 #B0BDB5 #B0B2BD #BDB0B9

square

#BDBBB0 #B0BDB5 #B0B2BD #BDB0B9

split-complementary

#BDBBB0 #B0B9BD #B5B0BD

monochromatic

#84816E #A19E8F #BDBBB0 #D9D8D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBBB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BDBBB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBB0

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBB0	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.015 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc7',
    500: '#bdbbb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbb0;
$custom-light: #d0cfc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79057,
    "c": 0.01541,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBB0

secondary

#E3E3E6

accent

#5C9353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBB0

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

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