#BDBCAF#BDBCAF

#BDBCAF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.018 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBCAF
RGB	rgb(189, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(56, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -1.97, 6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 6.98, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0041 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.018 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7063, 49.8806, 47.7165)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBCAF #AFB0BD

analogous

#BDB5AF #BDBCAF #B7BDAF

triadic

#BDBCAF #AFBDBC #BCAFBD

tetradic

#BDBCAF #AFBDB5 #AFB0BD #BDAFB7

square

#BDBCAF #AFBDB5 #AFB0BD #BDAFB7

split-complementary

#BDBCAF #AFB7BD #B5AFBD

monochromatic

#84836D #A1A08D #BDBCAF #D9D8D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDBCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBCAF

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBCAF	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.018 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0c6',
    500: '#bdbcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbcaf;
$custom-light: #d0d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79236,
    "c": 0.01802,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBCAF

secondary

#E2E2E6

accent

#579452

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBCAF

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

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