#BDBCAC#BDBCAC

#BDBCAC is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.022 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCAC
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(56, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -2.48, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 8.59, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0053 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.022 104)
XYZ	xyz(46.4150, 49.7641, 46.1820)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCAC #ACADBD

analogous

#BDB3AC #BDBCAC #B5BDAC

triadic

#BDBCAC #ACBDBC #BCACBD

tetradic

#BDBCAC #ACBDB3 #ACADBD #BDACB5

square

#BDBCAC #ACBDB3 #ACADBD #BDACB5

split-complementary

#BDBCAC #ACB5BD #B3ACBD

monochromatic

#85836A #A2A08A #BDBCAC #D8D8CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BDBCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCAC

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCAC	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)

#BFBBAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.022 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c4',
    500: '#bdbcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcac;
$custom-light: #d0d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79156,
    "c": 0.02211,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.49764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCAC

secondary

#E0E0E5

accent

#549550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCAC

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

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