#BDBEAC#BDBEAC

#BDBEAC is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.025 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEAC
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 172)
HSL	hsl(63, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(63, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -3.54, 8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 9.65, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0083 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.025 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8452, 50.6245, 46.3254)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEAC #ADACBE

analogous

#BEB6AC #BDBEAC #B4BEAC

triadic

#BDBEAC #ACBDBE #BEACBD

tetradic

#BDBEAC #ACBEB6 #ADACBE #BEACB4

square

#BDBEAC #ACBEB6 #ADACBE #BEACB4

split-complementary

#BDBEAC #ACB4BE #B6ACBE

monochromatic

#858669 #A2A38A #BDBEAC #D8D9CE #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDBEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEAC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEAC	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)

#C1BCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.025 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c4',
    500: '#bdbeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeac;
$custom-light: #d0d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 12.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79571,
    "c": 0.02482,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEAC

secondary

#7E7D91

accent

#4F9653

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEAC

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

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