#BDBDAE#BDBDAE

#BDBDAE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.021 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDAE
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -2.67, 7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 8.04, 109.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.006 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.021 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8229, 50.2702, 47.2726)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDAE #AEAEBD

analogous

#BDB5AE #BDBDAE #B5BDAE

triadic

#BDBDAE #AEBDBD #BDAEBD

tetradic

#BDBDAE #AEBDB5 #AEAEBD #BDAEB5

square

#BDBDAE #AEBDB5 #AEAEBD #BDAEB5

split-complementary

#BDBDAE #AEB5BD #B5AEBD

monochromatic

#85856C #A2A28C #BDBDAE #D8D8D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BDBDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDAE

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDAE	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)

#C0BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.021 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c6',
    500: '#bdbdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdae;
$custom-light: #d0d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79417,
    "c": 0.02071,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDAE

secondary

#7F7F90

accent

#519451

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDAE

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

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