#BDBDAC#BDBDAC

#BDBDAC is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.023 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDAC
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -3.01, 8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 9.11, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0068 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.023 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6293, 50.1928, 46.2534)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDAC #ACACBD

analogous

#BDB4AC #BDBDAC #B4BDAC

triadic

#BDBDAC #ACBDBD #BDACBD

tetradic

#BDBDAC #ACBDB4 #ACACBD #BDACB4

square

#BDBDAC #ACBDB4 #ACACBD #BDACB4

split-complementary

#BDBDAC #ACB4BD #B4ACBD

monochromatic

#85856A #A2A28A #BDBDAC #D8D8CE #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BDBDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDAC

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDAC	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.023 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c4',
    500: '#bdbdac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdac;
$custom-light: #d0d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79364,
    "c": 0.02344,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDAC

secondary

#7D7D90

accent

#509550

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDAC

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

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