#BDBCAA#BDBCAA

#BDBCAA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.025 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCAA
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(57, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -2.82, 9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 9.66, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0062 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.025 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2243, 49.6878, 45.1780)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCAA #AAABBD

analogous

#BDB2AA #BDBCAA #B4BDAA

triadic

#BDBCAA #AABDBC #BCAABD

tetradic

#BDBCAA #AABDB2 #AAABBD #BDAAB4

square

#BDBCAA #AABDB2 #AAABBD #BDAAB4

split-complementary

#BDBCAA #AAB4BD #B2AABD

monochromatic

#858467 #A2A188 #BDBCAA #D8D7CC #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BDBCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCAA

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCAA	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.025 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c3',
    500: '#bdbcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcaa;
$custom-light: #d1d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79104,
    "c": 0.02485,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCAA

secondary

#DFDFE4

accent

#53974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCAA

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

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