#BDBEAD#BDBEAD

#BDBEAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.023 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEAD
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(64, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(64, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -3.37, 8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 9.11, 111.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0079 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.023 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9416, 50.6631, 46.8331)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEAD #AEADBE

analogous

#BEB6AD #BDBEAD #B4BEAD

triadic

#BDBEAD #ADBDBE #BEADBD

tetradic

#BDBEAD #ADBEB6 #AEADBE #BEADB4

square

#BDBEAD #ADBEB6 #AEADBE #BEADB4

split-complementary

#BDBEAD #ADB4BE #B6ADBE

monochromatic

#85866A #A2A38B #BDBEAD #D8D9CF #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BDBEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEAD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEAD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.023 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c5',
    500: '#bdbead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbead;
$custom-light: #d0d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79598,
    "c": 0.02346,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEAD

secondary

#7F7E91

accent

#509654

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEAD

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

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