#BDBEAB#BDBEAB

#BDBEAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.026 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEAB
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(63, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(63, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -3.71, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 10.18, 111.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0087 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.026 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7495, 50.5862, 45.8215)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEAB #ACABBE

analogous

#BEB5AB #BDBEAB #B3BEAB

triadic

#BDBEAB #ABBDBE #BEABBD

tetradic

#BDBEAB #ABBEB5 #ACABBE #BEABB3

square

#BDBEAB #ABBEB5 #ACABBE #BEABB3

split-complementary

#BDBEAB #ABB3BE #B5ABBE

monochromatic

#858768 #A2A388 #BDBEAB #D8D9CE #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDBEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEAB

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEAB	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.026 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d1c4',
    500: '#bdbeab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeab;
$custom-light: #d1d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 12.752,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79545,
    "c": 0.02618,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEAB

secondary

#7D7C91

accent

#4F9752

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEAB

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

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