#BDBDAD#BDBDAD

#BDBDAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.022 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDAD
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -2.84, 8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 8.58, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0064 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.022 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7257, 50.2314, 46.7611)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDAD #ADADBD

analogous

#BDB5AD #BDBDAD #B5BDAD

triadic

#BDBDAD #ADBDBD #BDADBD

tetradic

#BDBDAD #ADBDB5 #ADADBD #BDADB5

square

#BDBDAD #ADBDB5 #ADADBD #BDADB5

split-complementary

#BDBDAD #ADB5BD #B5ADBD

monochromatic

#85856B #A2A28B #BDBDAD #D8D8CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BDBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDAD

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDAD	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.022 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c5',
    500: '#bdbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdad;
$custom-light: #d0d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7939,
    "c": 0.02208,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDAD

secondary

#7E7E90

accent

#519551

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDAD

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

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