#BDBFA3#BDBFA3

#BDBFA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.038 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFA3
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 163)
HSL	hsl(64, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(64, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -5.55, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 14.98, 111.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0135 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.038 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2273, 50.7251, 41.9989)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFA3 #A5A3BF

analogous

#BFB3A3 #BDBFA3 #AFBFA3

triadic

#BDBFA3 #A3BDBF #BFA3BD

tetradic

#BDBFA3 #A3BFB3 #A5A3BF #BFA3AF

square

#BDBFA3 #A3BFB3 #A5A3BF #BFA3AF

split-complementary

#BDBFA3 #A3AFBF #B3A3BF

monochromatic

#86895F #A3A67F #BDBFA3 #D7D8C7 #F1F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BDBFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFA3

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFA3	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)

#C4BCA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.038 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2be',
    500: '#bdbfa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfa3;
$custom-light: #d1d2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79553,
    "c": 0.03838,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFA3

secondary

#767493

accent

#499C4F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFA3

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

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