#BDBEAA#BDBEAA

#BDBEAA is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.028 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEAA
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(63, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(63, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -3.88, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 10.72, 111.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0091 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.028 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6545, 50.5483, 45.3214)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEAA #ABAABE

analogous

#BEB5AA #BDBEAA #B3BEAA

triadic

#BDBEAA #AABDBE #BEAABD

tetradic

#BDBEAA #AABEB5 #ABAABE #BEAAB3

square

#BDBEAA #AABEB5 #ABAABE #BEAAB3

split-complementary

#BDBEAA #AAB3BE #B5AABE

monochromatic

#858767 #A2A387 #BDBEAA #D8D9CD #F2F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BDBEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEAA

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEAA	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.028 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1c3',
    500: '#bdbeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeaa;
$custom-light: #d1d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79519,
    "c": 0.02754,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEAA

secondary

#7C7B91

accent

#4E9752

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEAA

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

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