#BDBFA5#BDBFA5

#BDBFA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.036 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFA5
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(65, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -5.23, 12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 13.92, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0127 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.036 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4079, 50.7973, 42.9501)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFA5 #A7A5BF

analogous

#BFB4A5 #BDBFA5 #B0BFA5

triadic

#BDBFA5 #A5BDBF #BFA5BD

tetradic

#BDBFA5 #A5BFB4 #A7A5BF #BFA5B0

square

#BDBFA5 #A5BFB4 #A7A5BF #BFA5B0

split-complementary

#BDBFA5 #A5B0BF #B4A5BF

monochromatic

#858961 #A3A681 #BDBFA5 #D7D8C9 #F1F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BDBFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFA5

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFA5	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.036 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2bf',
    500: '#bdbfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfa5;
$custom-light: #d1d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79602,
    "c": 0.03569,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFA5

secondary

#787693

accent

#4A9B51

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFA5

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

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