#BFBDA8#BFBDA8

#BFBDA8 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.029 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDA8
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(55, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -2.95, 10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 11.27, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0063 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.029 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7506, 50.2991, 44.2840)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDA8 #A8AABF

analogous

#BFB1A8 #BFBDA8 #B5BFA8

triadic

#BFBDA8 #A8BFBD #BDA8BF

tetradic

#BFBDA8 #A8BFB1 #A8AABF #BFA8B5

square

#BFBDA8 #A8BFB1 #A8AABF #BFA8B5

split-complementary

#BFBDA8 #A8B5BF #B1A8BF

monochromatic

#888564 #A5A285 #BFBDA8 #D9D8CB #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BFBDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDA8

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDA8	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.029 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c1',
    500: '#bfbda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbda8;
$custom-light: #d2d0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79423,
    "c": 0.02895,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDA8

secondary

#797B93

accent

#53994C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDA8

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

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