#BDBFAE#BDBFAE

#BDBFAE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.024 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFAE
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(67, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -3.73, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 9.13, 114.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.009 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.024 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2560, 51.1366, 47.4170)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFAE #B0AEBF

analogous

#BFB9AE #BDBFAE #B5BFAE

triadic

#BDBFAE #AEBDBF #BFAEBD

tetradic

#BDBFAE #AEBFB9 #B0AEBF #BFAEB5

square

#BDBFAE #AEBFB9 #B0AEBF #BFAEB5

split-complementary

#BDBFAE #AEB5BF #B9AEBF

monochromatic

#84886B #A1A48C #BDBFAE #D9DAD0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BDBFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFAE

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFAE	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.024 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2c6',
    500: '#bdbfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfae;
$custom-light: #d0d2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79832,
    "c": 0.02352,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFAE

secondary

#817F92

accent

#509658

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFAE

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

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