#BFB8A2#BFB8A2

#BFB8A2 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.031 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8A2
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(46, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 15.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -1.27, 12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 12.14, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0013 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.031 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1475, 47.9666, 41.0555)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8A2 #A2A9BF

analogous

#BFAAA2 #BFB8A2 #B8BFA2

triadic

#BFB8A2 #A2BFB8 #B8A2BF

tetradic

#BFB8A2 #A2BFAA #A2A9BF #BFA2B8

square

#BFB8A2 #A2BFAA #A2A9BF #BFA2B8

split-complementary

#BFB8A2 #A2B8BF #AAA2BF

monochromatic

#897E5E #A69C7E #BFB8A2 #D8D4C6 #F1EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BFB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8A2

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8A2	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.031 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdbd',
    500: '#bfb8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8a2;
$custom-light: #d2cdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 18.471,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78237,
    "c": 0.03131,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8A2

secondary

#DADCE3

accent

#5D9D49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8A2

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

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