#BDBCAE#BDBCAE

#BDBCAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.019 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCAE
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(56, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -2.14, 7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 7.52, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0045 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.019 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6085, 49.8415, 47.2012)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCAE #AEAFBD

analogous

#BDB4AE #BDBCAE #B6BDAE

triadic

#BDBCAE #AEBDBC #BCAEBD

tetradic

#BDBCAE #AEBDB4 #AEAFBD #BDAEB6

square

#BDBCAE #AEBDB4 #AEAFBD #BDAEB6

split-complementary

#BDBCAE #AEB6BD #B4AEBD

monochromatic

#85836C #A2A08C #BDBCAE #D8D8D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BDBCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCAE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCAE	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.019 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c6',
    500: '#bdbcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcae;
$custom-light: #d0d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79209,
    "c": 0.01939,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCAE

secondary

#E1E2E5

accent

#569451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCAE

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

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