#BFBBA3#BFBBA3

#BFBBA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.033 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBA3
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 163)
HSL	hsl(51, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -2.70, 12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 12.96, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0054 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.033 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8665, 49.2619, 41.7355)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBA3 #A3A7BF

analogous

#BFADA3 #BFBBA3 #B5BFA3

triadic

#BFBBA3 #A3BFBB #BBA3BF

tetradic

#BFBBA3 #A3BFAD #A3A7BF #BFA3B5

square

#BFBBA3 #A3BFAD #A3A7BF #BFA3B5

split-complementary

#BFBBA3 #A3B5BF #ADA3BF

monochromatic

#89835F #A6A07F #BFBBA3 #D8D6C7 #F1F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBBA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BFBBA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBA3

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBA3	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.033 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfbe',
    500: '#bfbba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbba3;
$custom-light: #d2cfbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78882,
    "c": 0.03324,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBA3

secondary

#DBDCE3

accent

#559C49

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBA3

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

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