#BDBFAF#BDBFAF

#BDBFAF is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.022 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFAF
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(68, 11%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(68, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -3.56, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 8.60, 114.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0085 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.022 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3539, 51.1757, 47.9324)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFAF #B1AFBF

analogous

#BFB9AF #BDBFAF #B5BFAF

triadic

#BDBFAF #AFBDBF #BFAFBD

tetradic

#BDBFAF #AFBFB9 #B1AFBF #BFAFB5

square

#BDBFAF #AFBFB9 #B1AFBF #BFAFB5

split-complementary

#BDBFAF #AFB5BF #B9AFBF

monochromatic

#84876C #A1A48D #BDBFAF #D9DAD1 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BDBFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFAF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFAF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.022 112.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79858,
    "c": 0.02217,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFAF

secondary

#828092

accent

#509559

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFAF

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

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