#BDBFA4#BDBFA4

#BDBFA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.037 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFA4
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 164)
HSL	hsl(64, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(64, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 14.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -5.39, 13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 14.45, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0131 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.037 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3172, 50.7610, 42.4726)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFA4 #A6A4BF

analogous

#BFB4A4 #BDBFA4 #B0BFA4

triadic

#BDBFA4 #A4BDBF #BFA4BD

tetradic

#BDBFA4 #A4BFB4 #A6A4BF #BFA4B0

square

#BDBFA4 #A4BFB4 #A6A4BF #BFA4B0

split-complementary

#BDBFA4 #A4B0BF #B4A4BF

monochromatic

#868960 #A3A680 #BDBFA4 #D7D8C8 #F1F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BDBFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFA4

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFA4	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)

#C4BCA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.037 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2bf',
    500: '#bdbfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfa4;
$custom-light: #d1d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79577,
    "c": 0.03704,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFA4

secondary

#777593

accent

#4A9C50

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFA4

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

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