#BDBDA7#BDBDA7

#BDBDA7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.030 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDA7
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 167)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -3.85, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 11.78, 109.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0089 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.03 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1582, 50.0043, 43.7719)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDA7 #A7A7BD

analogous

#BDB2A7 #BDBDA7 #B2BDA7

triadic

#BDBDA7 #A7BDBD #BDA7BD

tetradic

#BDBDA7 #A7BDB2 #A7A7BD #BDA7B2

square

#BDBDA7 #A7BDB2 #A7A7BD #BDA7B2

split-complementary

#BDBDA7 #A7B2BD #B2A7BD

monochromatic

#858564 #A3A384 #BDBDA7 #D7D7CA #F1F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBDA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BDBDA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDA7

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDA7	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbda7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.030 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c1',
    500: '#bdbda7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbda7;
$custom-light: #d1d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbda7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79234,
    "c": 0.03024,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDA7

secondary

#787890

accent

#4D984D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDA7

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

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