#BDBCAB#BDBCAB

#BDBCAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.023 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCAB
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(57, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -2.65, 8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 9.12, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0057 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.023 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3193, 49.7258, 45.6781)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCAB #ABACBD

analogous

#BDB3AB #BDBCAB #B5BDAB

triadic

#BDBCAB #ABBDBC #BCABBD

tetradic

#BDBCAB #ABBDB3 #ABACBD #BDABB5

square

#BDBCAB #ABBDB3 #ABACBD #BDABB5

split-complementary

#BDBCAB #ABB5BD #B3ABBD

monochromatic

#858369 #A2A189 #BDBCAB #D8D7CD #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BDBCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCAB

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCAB	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.023 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c4',
    500: '#bdbcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcab;
$custom-light: #d1d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7913,
    "c": 0.02348,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCAB

secondary

#DFE0E4

accent

#53964F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCAB

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

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