#BFBCAD#BFBCAD

#BFBCAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.021 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCAD
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(50, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -1.59, 7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 8.12, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0028 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.021 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0110, 50.0603, 46.7131)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCAD #ADB0BF

analogous

#BFB3AD #BFBCAD #B9BFAD

triadic

#BFBCAD #ADBFBC #BCADBF

tetradic

#BFBCAD #ADBFB3 #ADB0BF #BFADB9

square

#BFBCAD #ADBFB3 #ADB0BF #BFADB9

split-complementary

#BFBCAD #ADB9BF #B3ADBF

monochromatic

#88836A #A4A08B #BFBCAD #DAD8CF #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BFBCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCAD

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCAD	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.021 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c5',
    500: '#bfbcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcad;
$custom-light: #d2d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79346,
    "c": 0.02098,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCAD

secondary

#7E8192

accent

#5B964F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCAD

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

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