#BDBCA4#BDBCA4

#BDBCA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.033 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA4
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(58, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -3.81, 12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 12.87, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0086 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.033 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6697, 49.4660, 42.2567)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA4 #A4A5BD

analogous

#BDB0A4 #BDBCA4 #B2BDA4

triadic

#BDBCA4 #A4BDBC #BCA4BD

tetradic

#BDBCA4 #A4BDB0 #A4A5BD #BDA4B2

square

#BDBCA4 #A4BDB0 #A4A5BD #BDA4B2

split-complementary

#BDBCA4 #A4B2BD #B0A4BD

monochromatic

#868461 #A3A281 #BDBCA4 #D7D6C7 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BDBCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA4

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA4	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)

#C1BAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.033 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0bf',
    500: '#bdbca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca4;
$custom-light: #d1d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7895,
    "c": 0.03298,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA4

secondary

#DBDBE2

accent

#4F9A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA4

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

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