#BFBDA0#BFBDA0

#BFBDA0 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.040 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDA0
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 160)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -4.23, 14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 15.53, 105.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0096 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.04 104)
XYZ	xyz(46.0281, 50.0101, 40.4790)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDA0 #A0A2BF

analogous

#BFAEA0 #BFBDA0 #B2BFA0

triadic

#BFBDA0 #A0BFBD #BDA0BF

tetradic

#BFBDA0 #A0BFAE #A0A2BF #BFA0B2

square

#BFBDA0 #A0BFAE #A0A2BF #BFA0B2

split-complementary

#BFBDA0 #A0B2BF #AEA0BF

monochromatic

#89865C #A6A47B #BFBDA0 #D8D6C5 #F0F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBDA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BFBDA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDA0

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDA0	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)

#C3BB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbda0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.040 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0bc',
    500: '#bfbda0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbda0;
$custom-light: #d2d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbda0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79225,
    "c": 0.03968,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.5001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDA0

secondary

#707393

accent

#4D9E48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDA0

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

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