#BFBDB2#BFBDB2

#BFBDB2 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.015 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDB2
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(51, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 6.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -1.27, 5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 5.94, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0022 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.015 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7183, 50.6862, 49.3804)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDB2 #B2B4BF

analogous

#BFB7B2 #BFBDB2 #BBBFB2

triadic

#BFBDB2 #B2BFBD #BDB2BF

tetradic

#BFBDB2 #B2BFB7 #B2B4BF #BFB2BB

square

#BFBDB2 #B2BFB7 #B2B4BF #BFB2BB

split-complementary

#BFBDB2 #B2BBBF #B7B2BF

monochromatic

#878370 #A3A091 #BFBDB2 #DBDAD3 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BFBDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDB2

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDB2	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.015 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c9',
    500: '#bfbdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdb2;
$custom-light: #d2d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79687,
    "c": 0.01538,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDB2

secondary

#838592

accent

#5C9352

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDB2

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

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