#BFBDAB#BFBDAB

#BFBDAB is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.025 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDAB
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(54, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -2.46, 9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 9.67, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0051 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.025 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0333, 50.4122, 45.7730)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDAB #ABADBF

analogous

#BFB3AB #BFBDAB #B7BFAB

triadic

#BFBDAB #ABBFBD #BDABBF

tetradic

#BFBDAB #ABBFB3 #ABADBF #BFABB7

square

#BFBDAB #ABBFB3 #ABADBF #BFABB7

split-complementary

#BFBDAB #ABB7BF #B3ABBF

monochromatic

#888568 #A5A288 #BFBDAB #D9D8CE #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BFBDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDAB

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDAB	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.025 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c4',
    500: '#bfbdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdab;
$custom-light: #d2d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.795,
    "c": 0.02489,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDAB

secondary

#7C7E92

accent

#55984E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDAB

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

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