#BDBFA8#BDBFA8

#BDBFA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.032 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFA8
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 168)
HSL	hsl(65, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(65, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -4.74, 11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 12.33, 112.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0114 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.032 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6841, 50.9078, 44.4050)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFA8 #AAA8BF

analogous

#BFB5A8 #BDBFA8 #B1BFA8

triadic

#BDBFA8 #A8BDBF #BFA8BD

tetradic

#BDBFA8 #A8BFB5 #AAA8BF #BFA8B1

square

#BDBFA8 #A8BFB5 #AAA8BF #BFA8B1

split-complementary

#BDBFA8 #A8B1BF #B5A8BF

monochromatic

#858864 #A2A585 #BDBFA8 #D8D9CB #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BDBFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFA8

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFA8	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.032 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2c1',
    500: '#bdbfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfa8;
$custom-light: #d1d2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79677,
    "c": 0.03165,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFA8

secondary

#7B7993

accent

#4C9953

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFA8

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

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