#BFBCB3#BFBCB3

#BFBCB3 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.013 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBCB3
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(45, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -0.56, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 4.95, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0003 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.013 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6047, 50.2977, 49.8396)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBCB3 #B3B6BF

analogous

#BFB6B3 #BFBCB3 #BCBFB3

triadic

#BFBCB3 #B3BFBC #BCB3BF

tetradic

#BFBCB3 #B3BFB6 #B3B6BF #BFB3BC

square

#BFBCB3 #B3BFB6 #B3B6BF #BFB3BC

split-complementary

#BFBCB3 #B3BCBF #B6B3BF

monochromatic

#868171 #A39F92 #BFBCB3 #DBD9D4 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BFBCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBCB3

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBCB3	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBBB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.013 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c9',
    500: '#bfbcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbcb3;
$custom-light: #d2d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79509,
    "c": 0.01293,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBCB3

secondary

#848892

accent

#639353

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBCB3

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

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