#BDBEA6#BDBEA6

#BDBEA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.033 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEA6
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 166)
HSL	hsl(63, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -4.54, 12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 12.85, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0108 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.033 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2819, 50.3992, 43.3588)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEA6 #A7A6BE

analogous

#BEB3A6 #BDBEA6 #B1BEA6

triadic

#BDBEA6 #A6BDBE #BEA6BD

tetradic

#BDBEA6 #A6BEB3 #A7A6BE #BEA6B1

square

#BDBEA6 #A6BEB3 #A7A6BE #BEA6B1

split-complementary

#BDBEA6 #A6B1BE #B3A6BE

monochromatic

#858763 #A3A483 #BDBEA6 #D7D8C9 #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BDBEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEA6

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEA6	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.033 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1c0',
    500: '#bdbea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbea6;
$custom-light: #d1d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79418,
    "c": 0.03296,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEA6

secondary

#787792

accent

#4C9A4F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEA6

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

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