#BFBCA4#BFBCA4

#BFBCA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.033 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCA4
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(53, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 14.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -3.07, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 12.91, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0065 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.033 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1693, 49.7236, 42.2802)
Luminance	0.4972 (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

#BFBCA4 #A4A7BF

analogous

#BFAFA4 #BFBCA4 #B5BFA4

triadic

#BFBCA4 #A4BFBC #BCA4BF

tetradic

#BFBCA4 #A4BFAF #A4A7BF #BFA4B5

square

#BFBCA4 #A4BFAF #A4A7BF #BFA4B5

split-complementary

#BFBCA4 #A4B5BF #AFA4BF

monochromatic

#898460 #A6A280 #BFBCA4 #D8D6C8 #F2F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BFBCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCA4

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCA4	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.033 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0bf',
    500: '#bfbca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbca4;
$custom-light: #d2d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79115,
    "c": 0.0331,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCA4

secondary

#DCDCE3

accent

#539C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCA4

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

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