#BDBCA2#BDBCA2

#BDBCA2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.036 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA2
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(58, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -4.13, 13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 13.93, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0095 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.036 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4905, 49.3943, 41.3130)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA2 #A2A3BD

analogous

#BDAFA2 #BDBCA2 #B1BDA2

triadic

#BDBCA2 #A2BDBC #BCA2BD

tetradic

#BDBCA2 #A2BDAF #A2A3BD #BDA2B1

square

#BDBCA2 #A2BDAF #A2A3BD #BDA2B1

split-complementary

#BDBCA2 #A2B1BD #AFA2BD

monochromatic

#86845F #A4A27E #BDBCA2 #D6D6C6 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BDBCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA2

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA2	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)

#C1BAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.036 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0bd',
    500: '#bdbca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca2;
$custom-light: #d1d0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78901,
    "c": 0.03567,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA2

secondary

#D9DAE1

accent

#4D9B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA2

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

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