#BDBDA0#BDBDA0

#BDBDA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.040 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDA0
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 160)
HSL	hsl(60, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -4.98, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 15.52, 108.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0118 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.04 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5285, 49.7525, 40.4556)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDA0 #A0A0BD

analogous

#BDAEA0 #BDBDA0 #AEBDA0

triadic

#BDBDA0 #A0BDBD #BDA0BD

tetradic

#BDBDA0 #A0BDAE #A0A0BD #BDA0AE

square

#BDBDA0 #A0BDAE #A0A0BD #BDA0AE

split-complementary

#BDBDA0 #A0AEBD #AEA0BD

monochromatic

#86865D #A4A47C #BDBDA0 #D6D6C4 #EFEFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBDA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BDBDA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDA0

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDA0	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)

#C2BA9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbda0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.040 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0bc',
    500: '#bdbda0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbda0;
$custom-light: #d1d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbda0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79061,
    "c": 0.03967,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDA0

secondary

#D8D8E1

accent

#499C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDA0

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

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