#BFBDA3#BFBDA3

#BFBDA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.036 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDA3
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(56, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(56, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -3.76, 13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 13.93, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0084 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.036 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2937, 50.1164, 41.8779)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDA3 #A3A5BF

analogous

#BFAFA3 #BFBDA3 #B3BFA3

triadic

#BFBDA3 #A3BFBD #BDA3BF

tetradic

#BFBDA3 #A3BFAF #A3A5BF #BFA3B3

square

#BFBDA3 #A3BFAF #A3A5BF #BFA3B3

split-complementary

#BFBDA3 #A3B3BF #AFA3BF

monochromatic

#89865F #A6A37F #BFBDA3 #D8D7C7 #F1F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BFBDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDA3

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDA3	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)

#C2BBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.036 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0be',
    500: '#bfbda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbda3;
$custom-light: #d2d0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79298,
    "c": 0.03567,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDA3

secondary

#747693

accent

#4F9C49

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDA3

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

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