#BDBBB1#BDBBB1

#BDBBB1 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBB1
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 177)
HSL	hsl(50, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, -1.09, 5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 5.42, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0018 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6913, 49.5340, 48.6877)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBB1 #B1B3BD

analogous

#BDB5B1 #BDBBB1 #B9BDB1

triadic

#BDBBB1 #B1BDBB #BBB1BD

tetradic

#BDBBB1 #B1BDB5 #B1B3BD #BDB1B9

square

#BDBBB1 #B1BDB5 #B1B3BD #BDB1B9

split-complementary

#BDBBB1 #B1B9BD #B5B1BD

monochromatic

#848170 #A19E90 #BDBBB1 #D9D8D2 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBBB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BDBBB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBB1

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBB1	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc8',
    500: '#bdbbb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbb1;
$custom-light: #d0cfc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79084,
    "c": 0.01406,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBB1

secondary

#E3E4E6

accent

#5E9253

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBB1

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

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