#BDBCA6#BDBCA6

#BDBCA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.030 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA6
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(57, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -3.49, 11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 11.80, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0078 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.03 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8517, 49.5388, 43.2154)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA6 #A6A7BD

analogous

#BDB1A6 #BDBCA6 #B3BDA6

triadic

#BDBCA6 #A6BDBC #BCA6BD

tetradic

#BDBCA6 #A6BDB1 #A6A7BD #BDA6B3

square

#BDBCA6 #A6BDB1 #A6A7BD #BDA6B3

split-complementary

#BDBCA6 #A6B3BD #B1A6BD

monochromatic

#868463 #A3A283 #BDBCA6 #D7D6C9 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BDBCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA6

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA6	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.030 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c0',
    500: '#bdbca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca6;
$custom-light: #d1d0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79001,
    "c": 0.03027,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA6

secondary

#DCDCE3

accent

#50994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA6

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

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