#BDBEA3#BDBEA3

#BDBEA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.037 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEA3
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 163)
HSL	hsl(62, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 14.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -5.03, 13.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 14.45, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.012 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.037 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0099, 50.2904, 41.9264)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEA3 #A4A3BE

analogous

#BEB2A3 #BDBEA3 #B0BEA3

triadic

#BDBEA3 #A3BDBE #BEA3BD

tetradic

#BDBEA3 #A3BEB2 #A4A3BE #BEA3B0

square

#BDBEA3 #A3BEB2 #A4A3BE #BEA3B0

split-complementary

#BDBEA3 #A3B0BE #B2A3BE

monochromatic

#86875F #A3A57F #BDBEA3 #D7D7C7 #F0F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BDBEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEA3

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEA3	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.037 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1be',
    500: '#bdbea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbea3;
$custom-light: #d1d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79343,
    "c": 0.03699,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEA3

secondary

#757492

accent

#4A9B4D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEA3

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

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