#BFBAA5#BFBAA5

#BFBAA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.029 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAA5
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 165)
HSL	hsl(48, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -1.85, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 11.43, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0031 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.029 96)
XYZ	xyz(45.8357, 48.9113, 42.6162)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAA5 #A5AABF

analogous

#BFADA5 #BFBAA5 #B7BFA5

triadic

#BFBAA5 #A5BFBA #BAA5BF

tetradic

#BFBAA5 #A5BFAD #A5AABF #BFA5B7

square

#BFBAA5 #A5BFAD #A5AABF #BFA5B7

split-complementary

#BFBAA5 #A5B7BF #ADA5BF

monochromatic

#898161 #A69F81 #BFBAA5 #D8D5C9 #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BFBAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAA5

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAA5	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.029 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cebf',
    500: '#bfbaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbaa5;
$custom-light: #d2cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78726,
    "c": 0.02945,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.48911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAA5

secondary

#DCDEE4

accent

#5A9B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAA5

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

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