#BDBFB2#BDBFB2

#BDBFB2 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.018 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFB2
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 178)
HSL	hsl(69, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(69, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -3.04, 6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 7.01, 115.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0073 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.018 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6518, 51.2949, 49.5014)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFB2 #B4B2BF

analogous

#BFBBB2 #BDBFB2 #B7BFB2

triadic

#BDBFB2 #B2BDBF #BFB2BD

tetradic

#BDBFB2 #B2BFBB #B4B2BF #BFB2B7

square

#BDBFB2 #B2BFBB #B4B2BF #BFB2B7

split-complementary

#BDBFB2 #B2B7BF #BBB2BF

monochromatic

#838770 #A0A391 #BDBFB2 #DADBD3 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BDBFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BDBFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFB2

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFB2	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.018 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2c9',
    500: '#bdbfb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfb2;
$custom-light: #d0d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79939,
    "c": 0.01808,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFB2

secondary

#858392

accent

#52935C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFB2

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

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