#BDBDB0#BDBDB0

#BDBDB0 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.018 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDB0
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -2.33, 6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 6.97, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0052 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.018 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0193, 50.3488, 48.3071)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDB0 #B0B0BD

analogous

#BDB7B0 #BDBDB0 #B7BDB0

triadic

#BDBDB0 #B0BDBD #BDB0BD

tetradic

#BDBDB0 #B0BDB7 #B0B0BD #BDB0B7

square

#BDBDB0 #B0BDB7 #B0B0BD #BDB0B7

split-complementary

#BDBDB0 #B0B7BD #B7B0BD

monochromatic

#84846E #A1A18F #BDBDB0 #D9D9D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BDBDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDB0

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDB0	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.018 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c7',
    500: '#bdbdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbdb0;
$custom-light: #d0d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7947,
    "c": 0.01797,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDB0

secondary

#818190

accent

#539353

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDB0

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

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