#BDBF9C#BDBF9C

#BDBF9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.048 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBF9C
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 156)
HSL	hsl(63, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(63, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -6.65, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 18.69, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0164 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.048 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6174, 50.4811, 38.7867)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBF9C #9E9CBF

analogous

#BFAF9C #BDBF9C #ABBF9C

triadic

#BDBF9C #9CBDBF #BF9CBD

tetradic

#BDBF9C #9CBFAF #9E9CBF #BF9CAB

square

#BDBF9C #9CBFAF #9E9CBF #BF9CAB

split-complementary

#BDBF9C #9CABBF #AF9CBF

monochromatic

#868858 #A4A777 #BDBF9C #D6D7C1 #EFEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BDBF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBF9C

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBF9C	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbf9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.048 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2b9',
    500: '#bdbf9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbf9c;
$custom-light: #d1d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbf9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79386,
    "c": 0.04768,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBF9C

secondary

#6F6C93

accent

#46A04B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBF9C

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

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