#BFB8A0#BFB8A0

#BFB8A0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.034 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8A0
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(46, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -1.59, 13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 13.19, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0021 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.034 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9711, 47.8960, 40.1267)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8A0 #A0A7BF

analogous

#BFA9A0 #BFB8A0 #B7BFA0

triadic

#BFB8A0 #A0BFB8 #B8A0BF

tetradic

#BFB8A0 #A0BFA9 #A0A7BF #BFA0B7

square

#BFB8A0 #A0BFA9 #A0A7BF #BFA0B7

split-complementary

#BFB8A0 #A0B7BF #A9A0BF

monochromatic

#897F5C #A69D7B #BFB8A0 #D8D3C5 #F0EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BFB8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8A0

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8A0	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB79F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.034 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdbc',
    500: '#bfb8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8a0;
$custom-light: #d2cdbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78187,
    "c": 0.03392,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8A0

secondary

#D9DBE2

accent

#5B9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8A0

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

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