#BDBDA2#BDBDA2

#BDBDA2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.037 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDA2
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -4.66, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 14.45, 108.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0109 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.037 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7048, 49.8230, 41.3845)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDA2 #A2A2BD

analogous

#BDB0A2 #BDBDA2 #B0BDA2

triadic

#BDBDA2 #A2BDBD #BDA2BD

tetradic

#BDBDA2 #A2BDB0 #A2A2BD #BDA2B0

square

#BDBDA2 #A2BDB0 #A2A2BD #BDA2B0

split-complementary

#BDBDA2 #A2B0BD #B0A2BD

monochromatic

#86865F #A4A47E #BDBDA2 #D6D6C6 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BDBDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BDBDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDA2

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDA2	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.037 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0bd',
    500: '#bdbda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbda2;
$custom-light: #d1d0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7911,
    "c": 0.03699,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDA2

secondary

#D9D9E1

accent

#4A9B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDA2

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

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