#BFBCAB#BFBCAB

#BFBCAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.024 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCAB
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(51, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -1.93, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 9.18, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0036 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.024 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8190, 49.9835, 45.7015)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCAB #ABAEBF

analogous

#BFB2AB #BFBCAB #B8BFAB

triadic

#BFBCAB #ABBFBC #BCABBF

tetradic

#BFBCAB #ABBFB2 #ABAEBF #BFABB8

square

#BFBCAB #ABBFB2 #ABAEBF #BFABB8

split-complementary

#BFBCAB #ABB8BF #B2ABBF

monochromatic

#888368 #A5A088 #BFBCAB #D9D8CE #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BFBCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCAB

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCAB	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.024 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c4',
    500: '#bfbcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcab;
$custom-light: #d2d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79293,
    "c": 0.02368,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCAB

secondary

#E0E1E6

accent

#59984E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141412

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCAB

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

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