#BDBEA8#BDBEA8

#BDBEA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.030 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEA8
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 168)
HSL	hsl(63, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -4.21, 11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 11.78, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0099 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.03 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4668, 50.4732, 44.3326)
Luminance	0.5047 (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

#BDBEA8 #A9A8BE

analogous

#BEB4A8 #BDBEA8 #B2BEA8

triadic

#BDBEA8 #A8BDBE #BEA8BD

tetradic

#BDBEA8 #A8BEB4 #A9A8BE #BEA8B2

square

#BDBEA8 #A8BEB4 #A9A8BE #BEA8B2

split-complementary

#BDBEA8 #A8B2BE #B4A8BE

monochromatic

#858765 #A2A485 #BDBEA8 #D8D8CB #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BDBEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEA8

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEA8	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.030 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1c1',
    500: '#bdbea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbea8;
$custom-light: #d1d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79468,
    "c": 0.03025,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEA8

secondary

#7A7991

accent

#4D9950

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEA8

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

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