#BDBDA3#BDBDA3

#BDBDA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.036 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDA3
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -4.50, 13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 13.92, 108.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0105 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.036 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7941, 49.8587, 41.8545)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDA3 #A3A3BD

analogous

#BDB0A3 #BDBDA3 #B0BDA3

triadic

#BDBDA3 #A3BDBD #BDA3BD

tetradic

#BDBDA3 #A3BDB0 #A3A3BD #BDA3B0

square

#BDBDA3 #A3BDB0 #A3A3BD #BDA3B0

split-complementary

#BDBDA3 #A3B0BD #B0A3BD

monochromatic

#868660 #A3A37F #BDBDA3 #D7D7C7 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BDBDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDA3

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDA3	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)

#C2BBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.036 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0be',
    500: '#bdbda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbda3;
$custom-light: #d1d0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79134,
    "c": 0.03564,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDA3

secondary

#DADAE2

accent

#4B9B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDA3

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

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