#BDBCA8#BDBCA8

#BDBCA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.028 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA8
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(57, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -3.16, 10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 10.73, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.007 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.028 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0366, 49.6127, 44.1892)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA8 #A8A9BD

analogous

#BDB2A8 #BDBCA8 #B3BDA8

triadic

#BDBCA8 #A8BDBC #BCA8BD

tetradic

#BDBCA8 #A8BDB2 #A8A9BD #BDA8B3

square

#BDBCA8 #A8BDB2 #A8A9BD #BDA8B3

split-complementary

#BDBCA8 #A8B3BD #B2A8BD

monochromatic

#858465 #A3A185 #BDBCA8 #D7D7CB #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BDBCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA8

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA8	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)

#C0BAA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.028 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c1',
    500: '#bdbca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca8;
$custom-light: #d1d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79052,
    "c": 0.02757,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA8

secondary

#DDDEE3

accent

#51984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA8

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

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