#BFBBAE#BFBBAE

#BFBBAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.019 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBBAE
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(46, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(46, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -0.89, 7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 7.13, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0009 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.019 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8953, 49.6734, 47.1536)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBBAE #AEB2BF

analogous

#BFB3AE #BFBBAE #BBBFAE

triadic

#BFBBAE #AEBFBB #BBAEBF

tetradic

#BFBBAE #AEBFB3 #AEB2BF #BFAEBB

square

#BFBBAE #AEBFB3 #AEB2BF #BFAEBB

split-complementary

#BFBBAE #AEBBBF #B3AEBF

monochromatic

#88816B #A49E8C #BFBBAE #DAD8D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BFBBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBBAE

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBBAE	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.019 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfc6',
    500: '#bfbbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbbae;
$custom-light: #d2cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79167,
    "c": 0.01855,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBBAE

secondary

#E2E3E7

accent

#609650

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBBAE

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

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