#BFBDA6#BFBDA6

#BFBDA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.032 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDA6
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 166)
HSL	hsl(55, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -3.28, 11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 12.34, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0071 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.032 103)
XYZ	xyz(46.5657, 50.2251, 43.3103)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDA6 #A6A8BF

analogous

#BFB0A6 #BFBDA6 #B5BFA6

triadic

#BFBDA6 #A6BFBD #BDA6BF

tetradic

#BFBDA6 #A6BFB0 #A6A8BF #BFA6B5

square

#BFBDA6 #A6BFB0 #A6A8BF #BFA6B5

split-complementary

#BFBDA6 #A6B5BF #B0A6BF

monochromatic

#888562 #A5A382 #BFBDA6 #D9D7CA #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BFBDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDA6

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDA6	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.032 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c0',
    500: '#bfbda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbda6;
$custom-light: #d2d0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79372,
    "c": 0.03164,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.50225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDA6

secondary

#777993

accent

#519B4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDA6

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

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