#BFBCA5#BFBCA5

#BFBCA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.032 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCA5
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 165)
HSL	hsl(53, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -2.91, 12.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 12.37, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.006 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.032 101)
XYZ	xyz(46.2600, 49.7599, 42.7576)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCA5 #A5A8BF

analogous

#BFAFA5 #BFBCA5 #B5BFA5

triadic

#BFBCA5 #A5BFBC #BCA5BF

tetradic

#BFBCA5 #A5BFAF #A5A8BF #BFA5B5

square

#BFBCA5 #A5BFAF #A5A8BF #BFA5B5

split-complementary

#BFBCA5 #A5B5BF #AFA5BF

monochromatic

#898461 #A6A181 #BFBCA5 #D8D7C9 #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BFBCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCA5

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCA5	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.032 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0bf',
    500: '#bfbca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbca5;
$custom-light: #d2d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7914,
    "c": 0.03175,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.49759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCA5

secondary

#DCDDE4

accent

#549B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCA5

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

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