#BFBAA6#BFBAA6

#BFBAA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.028 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAA6
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 166)
HSL	hsl(48, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -1.69, 10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 10.91, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0026 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.028 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9271, 48.9478, 43.0974)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAA6 #A6ABBF

analogous

#BFADA6 #BFBAA6 #B8BFA6

triadic

#BFBAA6 #A6BFBA #BAA6BF

tetradic

#BFBAA6 #A6BFAD #A6ABBF #BFA6B8

square

#BFBAA6 #A6BFAD #A6ABBF #BFA6B8

split-complementary

#BFBAA6 #A6B8BF #ADA6BF

monochromatic

#888162 #A59E82 #BFBAA6 #D9D6CA #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BFBAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAA6

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAA6	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.028 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cec0',
    500: '#bfbaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbaa6;
$custom-light: #d2cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78751,
    "c": 0.02813,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAA6

secondary

#DDDEE4

accent

#5B9B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAA6

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

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