#BFBCA6#BFBCA6

#BFBCA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.030 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCA6
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(53, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -2.75, 11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 11.84, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0056 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.03 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3514, 49.7964, 43.2389)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCA6 #A6A9BF

analogous

#BFAFA6 #BFBCA6 #B6BFA6

triadic

#BFBCA6 #A6BFBC #BCA6BF

tetradic

#BFBCA6 #A6BFAF #A6A9BF #BFA6B6

square

#BFBCA6 #A6BFAF #A6A9BF #BFA6B6

split-complementary

#BFBCA6 #A6B6BF #AFA6BF

monochromatic

#888462 #A5A182 #BFBCA6 #D9D7CA #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BFBCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCA6

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCA6	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.030 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c0',
    500: '#bfbca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbca6;
$custom-light: #d2d0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79165,
    "c": 0.03042,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCA6

secondary

#DDDEE4

accent

#549B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCA6

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

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