#BDBCA1#BDBCA1

#BDBCA1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.037 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA1
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 161)
HSL	hsl(58, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 14.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -4.29, 13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 14.47, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0099 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.037 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4019, 49.3589, 40.8467)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA1 #A1A2BD

analogous

#BDAEA1 #BDBCA1 #B0BDA1

triadic

#BDBCA1 #A1BDBC #BCA1BD

tetradic

#BDBCA1 #A1BDAE #A1A2BD #BDA1B0

square

#BDBCA1 #A1BDAE #A1A2BD #BDA1B0

split-complementary

#BDBCA1 #A1B0BD #AEA1BD

monochromatic

#86845E #A4A27D #BDBCA1 #D6D6C5 #EFEFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBCA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BDBCA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA1

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA1	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)

#C1BA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.037 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0bc',
    500: '#bdbca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca1;
$custom-light: #d1d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78876,
    "c": 0.03701,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA1

secondary

#D9D9E1

accent

#4D9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA1

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

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