#BFBBA5#BFBBA5

#BFBBA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.031 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBA5
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 165)
HSL	hsl(51, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -2.38, 11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 11.90, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0046 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.031 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0471, 49.3341, 42.6867)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBA5 #A5A9BF

analogous

#BFAEA5 #BFBBA5 #B6BFA5

triadic

#BFBBA5 #A5BFBB #BBA5BF

tetradic

#BFBBA5 #A5BFAE #A5A9BF #BFA5B6

square

#BFBBA5 #A5BFAE #A5A9BF #BFA5B6

split-complementary

#BFBBA5 #A5B6BF #AEA5BF

monochromatic

#898261 #A6A081 #BFBBA5 #D8D6C9 #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBBA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BFBBA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBA5

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBA5	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.031 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfbf',
    500: '#bfbba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbba5;
$custom-light: #d2cfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78932,
    "c": 0.03057,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBA5

secondary

#DCDDE4

accent

#579B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBA5

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

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