#BDBDA5#BDBDA5

#BDBDA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.033 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDA5
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -4.18, 12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 12.85, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0097 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.033 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9747, 49.9310, 42.8057)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDA5 #A5A5BD

analogous

#BDB1A5 #BDBDA5 #B1BDA5

triadic

#BDBDA5 #A5BDBD #BDA5BD

tetradic

#BDBDA5 #A5BDB1 #A5A5BD #BDA5B1

square

#BDBDA5 #A5BDB1 #A5A5BD #BDA5B1

split-complementary

#BDBDA5 #A5B1BD #B1A5BD

monochromatic

#868662 #A3A382 #BDBDA5 #D7D7C8 #F1F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BDBDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDA5

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDA5	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)

#C1BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.033 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0bf',
    500: '#bdbda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbda5;
$custom-light: #d1d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79184,
    "c": 0.03295,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDA5

secondary

#DBDBE2

accent

#4C9A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDA5

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

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