#BFBDA1#BFBDA1

#BFBDA1 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.038 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDA1
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 161)
HSL	hsl(56, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 15.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -4.08, 14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 15.00, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0092 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.038 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1160, 50.0452, 40.9416)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDA1 #A1A3BF

analogous

#BFAEA1 #BFBDA1 #B2BFA1

triadic

#BFBDA1 #A1BFBD #BDA1BF

tetradic

#BFBDA1 #A1BFAE #A1A3BF #BFA1B2

square

#BFBDA1 #A1BFAE #A1A3BF #BFA1B2

split-complementary

#BFBDA1 #A1B2BF #AEA1BF

monochromatic

#89865D #A6A37D #BFBDA1 #D8D7C5 #F1F0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBDA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BFBDA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDA1

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDA1	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)

#C2BB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbda1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.038 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0bc',
    500: '#bfbda1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbda1;
$custom-light: #d2d0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbda1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79249,
    "c": 0.03834,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDA1

secondary

#727493

accent

#4E9D48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDA1

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

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