#BDBDA4#BDBDA4

#BDBDA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.034 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDA4
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -4.34, 12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 13.38, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0101 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.034 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8840, 49.8947, 42.3282)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDA4 #A4A4BD

analogous

#BDB1A4 #BDBDA4 #B1BDA4

triadic

#BDBDA4 #A4BDBD #BDA4BD

tetradic

#BDBDA4 #A4BDB1 #A4A4BD #BDA4B1

square

#BDBDA4 #A4BDB1 #A4A4BD #BDA4B1

split-complementary

#BDBDA4 #A4B1BD #B1A4BD

monochromatic

#868661 #A3A381 #BDBDA4 #D7D7C7 #F0F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDBDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDA4

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDA4	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)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.034 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0bf',
    500: '#bdbda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbda4;
$custom-light: #d1d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79159,
    "c": 0.0343,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDA4

secondary

#DBDBE2

accent

#4B9A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDA4

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

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