#BDBCA9#BDBCA9

#BDBCA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.026 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCA9
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(57, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -2.99, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 10.19, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0066 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.026 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1301, 49.6501, 44.6817)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCA9 #A9AABD

analogous

#BDB2A9 #BDBCA9 #B4BDA9

triadic

#BDBCA9 #A9BDBC #BCA9BD

tetradic

#BDBCA9 #A9BDB2 #A9AABD #BDA9B4

square

#BDBCA9 #A9BDB2 #A9AABD #BDA9B4

split-complementary

#BDBCA9 #A9B4BD #B2A9BD

monochromatic

#858466 #A2A186 #BDBCA9 #D8D7CC #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BDBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCA9

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCA9	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.026 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c2',
    500: '#bdbca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbca9;
$custom-light: #d1d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79078,
    "c": 0.02621,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCA9

secondary

#DEDEE4

accent

#52974E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCA9

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

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