#BDBFB3#BDBFB3

#BDBFB3 is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.017 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBFB3
RGB	rgb(189, 191, 179)
HSL	hsl(70, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(70, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -2.86, 5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 6.48, 116.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0069 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.017 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7526, 51.3352, 50.0321)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBFB3 #B5B3BF

analogous

#BFBBB3 #BDBFB3 #B7BFB3

triadic

#BDBFB3 #B3BDBF #BFB3BD

tetradic

#BDBFB3 #B3BFBB #B5B3BF #BFB3B7

square

#BDBFB3 #B3BFBB #B5B3BF #BFB3B7

split-complementary

#BDBFB3 #B3B7BF #BBB3BF

monochromatic

#838671 #A0A392 #BDBFB3 #DADBD4 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BDBFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBFB3

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBFB3	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 191, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.017 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2c9',
    500: '#bdbfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbfb3;
$custom-light: #d0d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79966,
    "c": 0.01672,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBFB3

secondary

#868492

accent

#53935E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBFB3

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

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