#BDBCB0#BDBCB0

#BDBCB0 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.017 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB0
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(55, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -1.80, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 6.45, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0037 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.017 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8049, 49.9201, 48.2357)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB0 #B0B1BD

analogous

#BDB6B0 #BDBCB0 #B8BDB0

triadic

#BDBCB0 #B0BDBC #BCB0BD

tetradic

#BDBCB0 #B0BDB6 #B0B1BD #BDB0B8

square

#BDBCB0 #B0BDB6 #B0B1BD #BDB0B8

split-complementary

#BDBCB0 #B0B8BD #B6B0BD

monochromatic

#84836E #A1A08F #BDBCB0 #D9D8D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDBCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB0

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB0	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.017 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c7',
    500: '#bdbcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb0;
$custom-light: #d0d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79263,
    "c": 0.01665,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB0

secondary

#E3E3E6

accent

#579353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB0

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

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