#BFBDAE#BFBDAE

#BFBDAE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.021 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDAE
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(53, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -1.95, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 8.07, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0038 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.021 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3225, 50.5279, 47.2960)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDAE #AEB0BF

analogous

#BFB5AE #BFBDAE #B9BFAE

triadic

#BFBDAE #AEBFBD #BDAEBF

tetradic

#BFBDAE #AEBFB5 #AEB0BF #BFAEB9

square

#BFBDAE #AEBFB5 #AEB0BF #BFAEB9

split-complementary

#BFBDAE #AEB9BF #B5AEBF

monochromatic

#88846B #A4A18C #BFBDAE #DAD9D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BFBDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDAE

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDAE	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.021 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c6',
    500: '#bfbdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdae;
$custom-light: #d2d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79579,
    "c": 0.02082,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDAE

secondary

#7F8192

accent

#589650

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDAE

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

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