#BFBEA3#BFBEA3

#BFBEA3 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.037 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEA3
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 163)
HSL	hsl(58, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 14.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -4.29, 13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 14.44, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0098 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.037 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5096, 50.5480, 41.9498)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEA3 #A3A4BF

analogous

#BFB0A3 #BFBEA3 #B2BFA3

triadic

#BFBEA3 #A3BFBE #BEA3BF

tetradic

#BFBEA3 #A3BFB0 #A3A4BF #BFA3B2

square

#BFBEA3 #A3BFB0 #A3A4BF #BFA3B2

split-complementary

#BFBEA3 #A3B2BF #B0A3BF

monochromatic

#89875F #A6A57F #BFBEA3 #D8D8C7 #F1F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BFBEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEA3

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEA3	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)

#C3BCA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.037 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1be',
    500: '#bfbea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbea3;
$custom-light: #d2d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79506,
    "c": 0.03695,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEA3

secondary

#747593

accent

#4C9C49

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEA3

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

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