#BDBCA5#BDBCA5

#BDBCA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.032 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA5
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(58, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -3.65, 11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 12.33, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0082 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.032 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7603, 49.5022, 42.7342)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA5 #A5A6BD

analogous

#BDB0A5 #BDBCA5 #B2BDA5

triadic

#BDBCA5 #A5BDBC #BCA5BD

tetradic

#BDBCA5 #A5BDB0 #A5A6BD #BDA5B2

square

#BDBCA5 #A5BDB0 #A5A6BD #BDA5B2

split-complementary

#BDBCA5 #A5B2BD #B0A5BD

monochromatic

#868462 #A3A282 #BDBCA5 #D7D6C8 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BDBCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA5

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA5	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.032 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0bf',
    500: '#bdbca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca5;
$custom-light: #d1d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78975,
    "c": 0.03163,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA5

secondary

#DBDCE2

accent

#4F9A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA5

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

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