#BFBDB3#BFBDB3

#BFBDB3 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBDB3
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 179)
HSL	hsl(50, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -1.09, 5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 5.41, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0018 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8190, 50.7265, 49.9111)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBDB3 #B3B5BF

analogous

#BFB7B3 #BFBDB3 #BBBFB3

triadic

#BFBDB3 #B3BFBD #BDB3BF

tetradic

#BFBDB3 #B3BFB7 #B3B5BF #BFB3BB

square

#BFBDB3 #B3BFB7 #B3B5BF #BFB3BB

split-complementary

#BFBDB3 #B3BBBF #B7B3BF

monochromatic

#868371 #A3A092 #BFBDB3 #DBDAD4 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BFBDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBDB3

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBDB3	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0c9',
    500: '#bfbdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbdb3;
$custom-light: #d2d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79714,
    "c": 0.01403,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBDB3

secondary

#848692

accent

#5E9353

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBDB3

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

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