#BFBDA4#BFBDA4

#BFBDA4 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.034 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDA4
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 14.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -3.60, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 13.40, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0079 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.034 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3837, 50.1523, 42.3516)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDA4 #A4A6BF

analogous

#BFB0A4 #BFBDA4 #B4BFA4

triadic

#BFBDA4 #A4BFBD #BDA4BF

tetradic

#BFBDA4 #A4BFB0 #A4A6BF #BFA4B4

square

#BFBDA4 #A4BFB0 #A4A6BF #BFA4B4

split-complementary

#BFBDA4 #A4B4BF #B0A4BF

monochromatic

#898660 #A6A380 #BFBDA4 #D8D7C8 #F2F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BFBDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDA4

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDA4	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.034 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0bf',
    500: '#bfbda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbda4;
$custom-light: #d2d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79323,
    "c": 0.03433,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDA4

secondary

#757793

accent

#509C4A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDA4

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

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