#BDBDA9#BDBDA9

#BDBDA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.028 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDA9
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -3.52, 10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 10.72, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.008 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.028 107)
XYZ	xyz(46.3445, 50.0789, 44.7531)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDA9 #A9A9BD

analogous

#BDB3A9 #BDBDA9 #B3BDA9

triadic

#BDBDA9 #A9BDBD #BDA9BD

tetradic

#BDBDA9 #A9BDB3 #A9A9BD #BDA9B3

square

#BDBDA9 #A9BDB3 #A9A9BD #BDA9B3

split-complementary

#BDBDA9 #A9B3BD #B3A9BD

monochromatic

#858566 #A2A286 #BDBDA9 #D8D8CC #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BDBDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDA9

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDA9	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.028 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d0c2',
    500: '#bdbda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbda9;
$custom-light: #d1d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79286,
    "c": 0.02753,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.50079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDA9

secondary

#7A7A90

accent

#4E974E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDA9

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

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