#BDBFAD#BDBFAD

#BDBFAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.025 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFAD
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 173)
HSL	hsl(67, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(67, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -3.90, 8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 9.67, 113.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0094 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.025 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1589, 51.0977, 46.9055)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFAD #AFADBF

analogous

#BFB8AD #BDBFAD #B4BFAD

triadic

#BDBFAD #ADBDBF #BFADBD

tetradic

#BDBFAD #ADBFB8 #AFADBF #BFADB4

square

#BDBFAD #ADBFB8 #AFADBF #BFADB4

split-complementary

#BDBFAD #ADB4BF #B8ADBF

monochromatic

#84886A #A1A48B #BDBFAD #D9DACF #F1F2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BDBFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFAD

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFAD	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.025 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2c5',
    500: '#bdbfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfad;
$custom-light: #d0d2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79806,
    "c": 0.02489,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFAD

secondary

#807E92

accent

#4F9657

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFAD

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

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