#BDBBAF#BDBBAF

#BDBBAF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.017 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBBAF
RGB	rgb(189, 187, 175)
HSL	hsl(51, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -1.44, 6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 6.48, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0026 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.017 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4935, 49.4549, 47.6455)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBBAF #AFB1BD

analogous

#BDB4AF #BDBBAF #B8BDAF

triadic

#BDBBAF #AFBDBB #BBAFBD

tetradic

#BDBBAF #AFBDB4 #AFB1BD #BDAFB8

square

#BDBBAF #AFBDB4 #AFB1BD #BDAFB8

split-complementary

#BDBBAF #AFB8BD #B4AFBD

monochromatic

#84816D #A19E8D #BDBBAF #D9D8D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BDBBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BDBBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBBAF

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBBAF	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 187, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.017 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfc6',
    500: '#bdbbaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbbaf;
$custom-light: #d0cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7903,
    "c": 0.01678,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBBAF

secondary

#E2E3E6

accent

#5B9452

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBBAF

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

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