#BFBAA8#BFBAA8

#BFBAA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.025 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAA8
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(47, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(47, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -1.36, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 9.85, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0018 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.025 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1120, 49.0218, 44.0712)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAA8 #A8ADBF

analogous

#BFAEA8 #BFBAA8 #B8BFA8

triadic

#BFBAA8 #A8BFBA #BAA8BF

tetradic

#BFBAA8 #A8BFAE #A8ADBF #BFA8B8

square

#BFBAA8 #A8BFAE #A8ADBF #BFA8B8

split-complementary

#BFBAA8 #A8B8BF #AEA8BF

monochromatic

#888064 #A59E85 #BFBAA8 #D9D6CB #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BFBAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAA8

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAA8	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.025 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cec1',
    500: '#bfbaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbaa8;
$custom-light: #d2cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78802,
    "c": 0.02547,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAA8

secondary

#DEE0E5

accent

#5D994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAA8

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

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