#BDBDA8#BDBDA8

#BDBDA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.029 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDA8
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(60, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -3.68, 10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 11.25, 109.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0085 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.029 107)
XYZ	xyz(46.2510, 50.0415, 44.2606)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDA8 #A8A8BD

analogous

#BDB3A8 #BDBDA8 #B3BDA8

triadic

#BDBDA8 #A8BDBD #BDA8BD

tetradic

#BDBDA8 #A8BDB3 #A8A8BD #BDA8B3

square

#BDBDA8 #A8BDB3 #A8A8BD #BDA8B3

split-complementary

#BDBDA8 #A8B3BD #B3A8BD

monochromatic

#858565 #A3A385 #BDBDA8 #D7D7CB #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BDBDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDA8

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDA8	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.029 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c1',
    500: '#bdbda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbda8;
$custom-light: #d1d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7926,
    "c": 0.02889,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.50041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDA8

secondary

#797990

accent

#4E984E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDA8

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

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