#BDBDAF#BDBDAF

#BDBDAF is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.019 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBDAF
RGB	rgb(189, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -2.50, 7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 7.51, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0056 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.019 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9207, 50.3094, 47.7880)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBDAF #AFAFBD

analogous

#BDB6AF #BDBDAF #B6BDAF

triadic

#BDBDAF #AFBDBD #BDAFBD

tetradic

#BDBDAF #AFBDB6 #AFAFBD #BDAFB6

square

#BDBDAF #AFBDB6 #AFAFBD #BDAFB6

split-complementary

#BDBDAF #AFB6BD #B6AFBD

monochromatic

#84846D #A1A18D #BDBDAF #D9D9D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BDBDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BDBDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBDAF

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBDAF	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.019 106.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79443,
    "c": 0.01934,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBDAF

secondary

#808090

accent

#529452

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBDAF

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

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