#BFBCAE#BFBCAE

#BFBCAE is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.020 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCAE
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(49, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -1.42, 7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 7.59, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0024 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.02 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1081, 50.0991, 47.2246)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCAE #AEB1BF

analogous

#BFB4AE #BFBCAE #BABFAE

triadic

#BFBCAE #AEBFBC #BCAEBF

tetradic

#BFBCAE #AEBFB4 #AEB1BF #BFAEBA

square

#BFBCAE #AEBFB4 #AEB1BF #BFAEBA

split-complementary

#BFBCAE #AEBABF #B4AEBF

monochromatic

#88836B #A4A08C #BFBCAE #DAD8D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BFBCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCAE

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCAE	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.020 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c6',
    500: '#bfbcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcae;
$custom-light: #d2d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79373,
    "c": 0.01964,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCAE

secondary

#7F8292

accent

#5C9650

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141313

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCAE

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

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