#BDBCA3#BDBCA3

#BDBCA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.034 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA3
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 163)
HSL	hsl(58, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -3.97, 12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 13.40, 107.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0091 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.034 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5797, 49.4300, 41.7830)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA3 #A3A4BD

analogous

#BDAFA3 #BDBCA3 #B1BDA3

triadic

#BDBCA3 #A3BDBC #BCA3BD

tetradic

#BDBCA3 #A3BDAF #A3A4BD #BDA3B1

square

#BDBCA3 #A3BDAF #A3A4BD #BDA3B1

split-complementary

#BDBCA3 #A3B1BD #AFA3BD

monochromatic

#868460 #A3A27F #BDBCA3 #D7D6C7 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BDBCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA3

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA3	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.034 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0be',
    500: '#bdbca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca3;
$custom-light: #d1d0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78926,
    "c": 0.03432,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA3

secondary

#DADAE2

accent

#4E9B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA3

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

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