#BDBFAB#BDBFAB

#BDBFAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.028 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFAB
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(66, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(66, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -4.24, 9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 10.73, 113.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0102 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.028 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9668, 51.0209, 45.8939)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFAB #ADABBF

analogous

#BFB7AB #BDBFAB #B3BFAB

triadic

#BDBFAB #ABBDBF #BFABBD

tetradic

#BDBFAB #ABBFB7 #ADABBF #BFABB3

square

#BDBFAB #ABBFB7 #ADABBF #BFABB3

split-complementary

#BDBFAB #ABB3BF #B7ABBF

monochromatic

#858868 #A2A588 #BDBFAB #D8D9CE #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BDBFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFAB

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFAB	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.028 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d2c4',
    500: '#bdbfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfab;
$custom-light: #d1d2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79754,
    "c": 0.0276,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFAB

secondary

#7E7C92

accent

#4E9855

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFAB

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

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