#BDBCA0#BDBCA0

#BDBCA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.038 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA0
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(58, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 15.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -4.45, 14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 15.00, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0103 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.038 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3141, 49.3237, 40.3842)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA0 #A0A1BD

analogous

#BDADA0 #BDBCA0 #AFBDA0

triadic

#BDBCA0 #A0BDBC #BCA0BD

tetradic

#BDBCA0 #A0BDAD #A0A1BD #BDA0AF

square

#BDBCA0 #A0BDAD #A0A1BD #BDA0AF

split-complementary

#BDBCA0 #A0AFBD #ADA0BD

monochromatic

#86845D #A4A37C #BDBCA0 #D6D5C4 #EFEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BDBCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA0

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA0	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BA9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.038 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0bc',
    500: '#bdbca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca0;
$custom-light: #d1d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78852,
    "c": 0.03836,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA0

secondary

#D8D8E1

accent

#4C9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA0

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

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