#BFBDA9#BFBDA9

#BFBDA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.028 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDA9
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(55, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -2.79, 10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 10.74, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0059 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.028 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8441, 50.3365, 44.7766)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDA9 #A9ABBF

analogous

#BFB2A9 #BFBDA9 #B6BFA9

triadic

#BFBDA9 #A9BFBD #BDA9BF

tetradic

#BFBDA9 #A9BFB2 #A9ABBF #BFA9B6

square

#BFBDA9 #A9BFB2 #A9ABBF #BFA9B6

split-complementary

#BFBDA9 #A9B6BF #B2A9BF

monochromatic

#888565 #A5A286 #BFBDA9 #D9D8CC #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BFBDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDA9

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDA9	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.028 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c2',
    500: '#bfbda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbda9;
$custom-light: #d2d0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79449,
    "c": 0.0276,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDA9

secondary

#7A7C93

accent

#54994D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDA9

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

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