#BDBCB1#BDBCB1

#BDBCB1 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.015 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCB1
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(55, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -1.63, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 5.91, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0033 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.015 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9042, 49.9598, 48.7587)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCB1 #B1B2BD

analogous

#BDB6B1 #BDBCB1 #B8BDB1

triadic

#BDBCB1 #B1BDBC #BCB1BD

tetradic

#BDBCB1 #B1BDB6 #B1B2BD #BDB1B8

square

#BDBCB1 #B1BDB6 #B1B2BD #BDB1B8

split-complementary

#BDBCB1 #B1B8BD #B6B1BD

monochromatic

#848270 #A1A090 #BDBCB1 #D9D8D2 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BDBCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCB1

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCB1	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.015 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c8',
    500: '#bdbcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcb1;
$custom-light: #d0d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79291,
    "c": 0.01527,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCB1

secondary

#E3E4E6

accent

#589253

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCB1

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

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