#BDBFA0#BDBFA0

#BDBFA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.042 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFA0
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 160)
HSL	hsl(64, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -6.03, 15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 16.57, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0147 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.042 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9617, 50.6188, 40.6000)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFA0 #A2A0BF

analogous

#BFB2A0 #BDBFA0 #AEBFA0

triadic

#BDBFA0 #A0BDBF #BFA0BD

tetradic

#BDBFA0 #A0BFB2 #A2A0BF #BFA0AE

square

#BDBFA0 #A0BFB2 #A2A0BF #BFA0AE

split-complementary

#BDBFA0 #A0AEBF #B2A0BF

monochromatic

#86895C #A4A67B #BDBFA0 #D6D8C5 #F0F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BDBFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BDBFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFA0

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFA0	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BDA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.042 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2bc',
    500: '#bdbfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfa0;
$custom-light: #d1d2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7948,
    "c": 0.04239,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFA0

secondary

#737093

accent

#489E4D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFA0

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

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