#BFBCA9#BFBCA9

#BFBCA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.026 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCA9
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(52, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -2.26, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 10.25, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0044 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.026 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6298, 49.9078, 44.7051)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCA9 #A9ACBF

analogous

#BFB1A9 #BFBCA9 #B7BFA9

triadic

#BFBCA9 #A9BFBC #BCA9BF

tetradic

#BFBCA9 #A9BFB1 #A9ACBF #BFA9B7

square

#BFBCA9 #A9BFB1 #A9ACBF #BFA9B7

split-complementary

#BFBCA9 #A9B7BF #B1A9BF

monochromatic

#888365 #A5A186 #BFBCA9 #D9D7CC #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BFBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCA9

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCA9	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.026 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c2',
    500: '#bfbca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbca9;
$custom-light: #d2d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79241,
    "c": 0.02638,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCA9

secondary

#DFE0E5

accent

#57994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCA9

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

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