#BFBCA7#BFBCA7

#BFBCA7 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.029 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCA7
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 167)
HSL	hsl(53, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 12.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -2.59, 11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 11.31, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0052 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.029 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4434, 49.8333, 43.7238)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCA7 #A7AABF

analogous

#BFB0A7 #BFBCA7 #B6BFA7

triadic

#BFBCA7 #A7BFBC #BCA7BF

tetradic

#BFBCA7 #A7BFB0 #A7AABF #BFA7B6

square

#BFBCA7 #A7BFB0 #A7AABF #BFA7B6

split-complementary

#BFBCA7 #A7B6BF #B0A7BF

monochromatic

#888463 #A5A184 #BFBCA7 #D9D7CA #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BFBCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCA7

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCA7	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.029 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c1',
    500: '#bfbca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbca7;
$custom-light: #d2d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7919,
    "c": 0.02907,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCA7

secondary

#DEDEE4

accent

#559A4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCA7

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

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