#BDBEA0#BDBEA0

#BDBEA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.041 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEA0
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 160)
HSL	hsl(62, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 15.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -5.50, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 16.04, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0133 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.041 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7443, 50.1842, 40.5276)
Luminance	0.5018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEA0 #A1A0BE

analogous

#BEB0A0 #BDBEA0 #AEBEA0

triadic

#BDBEA0 #A0BDBE #BEA0BD

tetradic

#BDBEA0 #A0BEB0 #A1A0BE #BEA0AE

square

#BDBEA0 #A0BEB0 #A1A0BE #BEA0AE

split-complementary

#BDBEA0 #A0AEBE #B0A0BE

monochromatic

#86875C #A4A57C #BDBEA0 #D6D7C4 #EFF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BDBEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEA0

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEA0	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)

#C3BB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.041 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1bc',
    500: '#bdbea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbea0;
$custom-light: #d1d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79271,
    "c": 0.04101,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEA0

secondary

#727192

accent

#489D4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEA0

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

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