#BFBAA9#BFBAA9

#BFBAA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.024 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBAA9
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 169)
HSL	hsl(46, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -1.20, 9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 9.32, 97.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0014 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.024 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2055, 49.0592, 44.5637)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBAA9 #A9AEBF

analogous

#BFAFA9 #BFBAA9 #B9BFA9

triadic

#BFBAA9 #A9BFBA #BAA9BF

tetradic

#BFBAA9 #A9BFAF #A9AEBF #BFA9B9

square

#BFBAA9 #A9BFAF #A9AEBF #BFA9B9

split-complementary

#BFBAA9 #A9B9BF #AFA9BF

monochromatic

#888065 #A59E86 #BFBAA9 #D9D6CC #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BFBAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBAA9

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBAA9	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.024 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cec2',
    500: '#bfbaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbaa9;
$custom-light: #d2cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78828,
    "c": 0.02414,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBAA9

secondary

#DFE0E5

accent

#5E994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBAA9

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

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