#BDBFA9#BDBFA9

#BDBFA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.030 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFA9
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(65, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(65, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -4.57, 10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 11.79, 112.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.011 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.03 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7776, 50.9452, 44.8975)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFA9 #ABA9BF

analogous

#BFB6A9 #BDBFA9 #B2BFA9

triadic

#BDBFA9 #A9BDBF #BFA9BD

tetradic

#BDBFA9 #A9BFB6 #ABA9BF #BFA9B2

square

#BDBFA9 #A9BFB6 #ABA9BF #BFA9B2

split-complementary

#BDBFA9 #A9B2BF #B6A9BF

monochromatic

#858865 #A2A586 #BDBFA9 #D8D9CC #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BDBFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BDBFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFA9

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFA9	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.030 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2c2',
    500: '#bdbfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfa9;
$custom-light: #d1d2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79702,
    "c": 0.0303,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFA9

secondary

#7C7A93

accent

#4D9954

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFA9

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

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