#BFBDA5#BFBDA5

#BFBDA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.033 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDA5
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(55, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -3.44, 12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 12.87, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0075 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.033 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4744, 50.1886, 42.8291)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDA5 #A5A7BF

analogous

#BFB0A5 #BFBDA5 #B4BFA5

triadic

#BFBDA5 #A5BFBD #BDA5BF

tetradic

#BFBDA5 #A5BFB0 #A5A7BF #BFA5B4

square

#BFBDA5 #A5BFB0 #A5A7BF #BFA5B4

split-complementary

#BFBDA5 #A5B4BF #B0A5BF

monochromatic

#898561 #A6A381 #BFBDA5 #D8D7C9 #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BFBDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDA5

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDA5	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.033 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0bf',
    500: '#bfbda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbda5;
$custom-light: #d2d0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79347,
    "c": 0.03298,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDA5

secondary

#767893

accent

#519B4A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDA5

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

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