#BFBDB1#BFBDB1

#BFBDB1 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.017 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDB1
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 177)
HSL	hsl(51, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 7.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -1.44, 6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 6.47, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0026 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.017 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6182, 50.6461, 48.8535)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDB1 #B1B3BF

analogous

#BFB6B1 #BFBDB1 #BABFB1

triadic

#BFBDB1 #B1BFBD #BDB1BF

tetradic

#BFBDB1 #B1BFB6 #B1B3BF #BFB1BA

square

#BFBDB1 #B1BFB6 #B1B3BF #BFB1BA

split-complementary

#BFBDB1 #B1BABF #B6B1BF

monochromatic

#87836F #A3A18F #BFBDB1 #DBD9D3 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBDB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BFBDB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDB1

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDB1	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.017 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c8',
    500: '#bfbdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdb1;
$custom-light: #d2d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7966,
    "c": 0.01675,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDB1

secondary

#828492

accent

#5B9452

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDB1

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

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