#BFB8A3#BFB8A3

#BFB8A3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.030 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8A3
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(45, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -1.11, 11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 11.61, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0009 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.03 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2367, 48.0023, 41.5255)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8A3 #A3AABF

analogous

#BFAAA3 #BFB8A3 #B8BFA3

triadic

#BFB8A3 #A3BFB8 #B8A3BF

tetradic

#BFB8A3 #A3BFAA #A3AABF #BFA3B8

square

#BFB8A3 #A3BFAA #A3AABF #BFA3B8

split-complementary

#BFB8A3 #A3B8BF #AAA3BF

monochromatic

#897E5F #A69C7F #BFB8A3 #D8D4C7 #F1F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFB8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BFB8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8A3

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8A3	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.030 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdbe',
    500: '#bfb8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8a3;
$custom-light: #d2cdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78262,
    "c": 0.03,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8A3

secondary

#DBDDE3

accent

#5E9C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8A3

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

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