#BDBEAF#BDBEAF

#BDBEAF is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.021 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEAF
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(64, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(64, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -3.03, 7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 8.05, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0071 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.021 110)
XYZ	xyz(47.1365, 50.7411, 47.8599)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEAF #B0AFBE

analogous

#BEB8AF #BDBEAF #B6BEAF

triadic

#BDBEAF #AFBDBE #BEAFBD

tetradic

#BDBEAF #AFBEB8 #B0AFBE #BEAFB6

square

#BDBEAF #AFBEB8 #B0AFBE #BEAFB6

split-complementary

#BDBEAF #AFB6BE #B8AFBE

monochromatic

#84866D #A1A38D #BDBEAF #D9D9D1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BDBEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEAF

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEAF	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.021 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1c6',
    500: '#bdbeaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbeaf;
$custom-light: #d0d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79651,
    "c": 0.02073,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.50741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEAF

secondary

#818091

accent

#519456

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEAF

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

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