#BFBCA8#BFBCA8

#BFBCA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.028 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCA8
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(52, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -2.42, 10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 10.78, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0048 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.028 100)
XYZ	xyz(46.5362, 49.8704, 44.2126)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCA8 #A8ABBF

analogous

#BFB0A8 #BFBCA8 #B6BFA8

triadic

#BFBCA8 #A8BFBC #BCA8BF

tetradic

#BFBCA8 #A8BFB0 #A8ABBF #BFA8B6

square

#BFBCA8 #A8BFB0 #A8ABBF #BFA8B6

split-complementary

#BFBCA8 #A8B6BF #B0A8BF

monochromatic

#888464 #A5A185 #BFBCA8 #D9D7CB #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BFBCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCA8

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCA8	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)

#C0BAA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.028 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c1',
    500: '#bfbca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbca8;
$custom-light: #d2d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79216,
    "c": 0.02772,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.4987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCA8

secondary

#DEDFE5

accent

#56994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCA8

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

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