#BDBEA2#BDBEA2

#BDBEA2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.038 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEA2
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 162)
HSL	hsl(62, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -5.19, 14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 14.98, 110.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0124 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.038 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9207, 50.2547, 41.4564)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEA2 #A3A2BE

analogous

#BEB1A2 #BDBEA2 #AFBEA2

triadic

#BDBEA2 #A2BDBE #BEA2BD

tetradic

#BDBEA2 #A2BEB1 #A3A2BE #BEA2AF

square

#BDBEA2 #A2BEB1 #A3A2BE #BEA2AF

split-complementary

#BDBEA2 #A2AFBE #B1A2BE

monochromatic

#86875E #A3A57E #BDBEA2 #D7D7C6 #F0F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BDBEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEA2

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEA2	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)

#C3BBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.038 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1bd',
    500: '#bdbea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbea2;
$custom-light: #d1d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 17.722,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79319,
    "c": 0.03833,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEA2

secondary

#747392

accent

#499C4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEA2

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

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