#BDBEA9#BDBEA9

#BDBEA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.029 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEA9
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(63, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(63, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -4.05, 10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 11.25, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0095 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.029 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5603, 50.5106, 44.8251)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEA9 #AAA9BE

analogous

#BEB4A9 #BDBEA9 #B2BEA9

triadic

#BDBEA9 #A9BDBE #BEA9BD

tetradic

#BDBEA9 #A9BEB4 #AAA9BE #BEA9B2

square

#BDBEA9 #A9BEB4 #AAA9BE #BEA9B2

split-complementary

#BDBEA9 #A9B2BE #B4A9BE

monochromatic

#858766 #A2A486 #BDBEA9 #D8D8CC #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BDBEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEA9

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEA9	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.029 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1c2',
    500: '#bdbea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbea9;
$custom-light: #d1d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79494,
    "c": 0.0289,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEA9

secondary

#7B7A91

accent

#4D9851

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEA9

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

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