#BDBEA4#BDBEA4

#BDBEA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.036 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEA4
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 164)
HSL	hsl(62, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(62, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 13.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -4.86, 13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 13.91, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0116 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.036 109)
XYZ	xyz(46.0999, 50.3264, 42.4001)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEA4 #A5A4BE

analogous

#BEB2A4 #BDBEA4 #B0BEA4

triadic

#BDBEA4 #A4BDBE #BEA4BD

tetradic

#BDBEA4 #A4BEB2 #A5A4BE #BEA4B0

square

#BDBEA4 #A4BEB2 #A5A4BE #BEA4B0

split-complementary

#BDBEA4 #A4B0BE #B2A4BE

monochromatic

#868761 #A3A580 #BDBEA4 #D7D8C8 #F1F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BDBEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEA4

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEA4	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)

#C3BCA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.036 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1bf',
    500: '#bdbea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbea4;
$custom-light: #d1d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79368,
    "c": 0.03565,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.50326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEA4

secondary

#767592

accent

#4B9B4E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEA4

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

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