#BFBDAD#BFBDAD

#BFBDAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.022 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDAD
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(53, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -2.12, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 8.60, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0043 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.022 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2254, 50.4890, 46.7845)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDAD #ADAFBF

analogous

#BFB4AD #BFBDAD #B8BFAD

triadic

#BFBDAD #ADBFBD #BDADBF

tetradic

#BFBDAD #ADBFB4 #ADAFBF #BFADB8

square

#BFBDAD #ADBFB4 #ADAFBF #BFADB8

split-complementary

#BFBDAD #ADB8BF #B4ADBF

monochromatic

#88846A #A4A18B #BFBDAD #DAD9CF #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BFBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDAD

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDAD	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.022 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c5',
    500: '#bfbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdad;
$custom-light: #d2d0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79553,
    "c": 0.02218,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDAD

secondary

#7E8092

accent

#57964F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDAD

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

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