Recognised as Colour
#BDBEAF
- #BDBEAF
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Silver
#BDBEAF is a yellow with RGB values 189, 190, 175 and HSL 64°, 10%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.
Colour values
#BDBEAF#BDBEAF
HEX#BDBEAF
RGBrgb(189, 190, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.7412, 0.7451, 0.6863
RGB percentages74.1%, 74.5%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(64, 10.3%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64, 7.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK0.5%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,435,119
CSS custom property--colour: #BDBEAF;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.50741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.15:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#424150
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#B0AFBE
Analogous#BEB7AF, #B5BEAF
Triadic#AFBDBE, #BEAFBD
Split complementary#AFB5BE, #B7AFBE
Tetradic#AFBEB7, #B0AFBE, #BEAFB5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R189
G190
B175
Red189 (74.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue64°
Saturation (HSL)10.34%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BD · G BE · B AF
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