#BDBCA7#BDBCA7

#BDBCA7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.029 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA7
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 167)
HSL	hsl(57, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 11.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -3.32, 10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 11.26, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0074 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.029 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9438, 49.5756, 43.7004)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA7 #A7A8BD

analogous

#BDB1A7 #BDBCA7 #B3BDA7

triadic

#BDBCA7 #A7BDBC #BCA7BD

tetradic

#BDBCA7 #A7BDB1 #A7A8BD #BDA7B3

square

#BDBCA7 #A7BDB1 #A7A8BD #BDA7B3

split-complementary

#BDBCA7 #A7B3BD #B1A7BD

monochromatic

#858464 #A3A184 #BDBCA7 #D7D7CA #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BDBCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA7

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA7	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.029 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c1',
    500: '#bdbca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca7;
$custom-light: #d1d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79026,
    "c": 0.02892,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA7

secondary

#DDDDE3

accent

#50984D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA7

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

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