#BDBEB2#BDBEB2

#BDBEB2 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.017 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEB2
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 178)
HSL	hsl(65, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(65, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -2.51, 5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 6.44, 112.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0059 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.017 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4345, 50.8602, 49.4289)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEB2 #B3B2BE

analogous

#BEB9B2 #BDBEB2 #B7BEB2

triadic

#BDBEB2 #B2BDBE #BEB2BD

tetradic

#BDBEB2 #B2BEB9 #B3B2BE #BEB2B7

square

#BDBEB2 #B2BEB9 #B3B2BE #BEB2B7

split-complementary

#BDBEB2 #B2B7BE #B9B2BE

monochromatic

#838570 #A1A291 #BDBEB2 #D9DAD3 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BDBEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEB2

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEB2	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.017 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c9',
    500: '#bdbeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeb2;
$custom-light: #d0d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79732,
    "c": 0.01662,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEB2

secondary

#848391

accent

#539258

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEB2

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

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