#BFBEA5#BFBEA5

#BFBEA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.034 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEA5
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(58, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -3.97, 12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 13.37, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.009 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.034 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6902, 50.6203, 42.9010)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEA5 #A5A6BF

analogous

#BFB1A5 #BFBEA5 #B3BFA5

triadic

#BFBEA5 #A5BFBE #BEA5BF

tetradic

#BFBEA5 #A5BFB1 #A5A6BF #BFA5B3

square

#BFBEA5 #A5BFB1 #A5A6BF #BFA5B3

split-complementary

#BFBEA5 #A5B3BF #B1A5BF

monochromatic

#898761 #A6A481 #BFBEA5 #D8D8C9 #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BFBEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEA5

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEA5	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.034 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1bf',
    500: '#bfbea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbea5;
$custom-light: #d2d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79555,
    "c": 0.03426,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEA5

secondary

#767793

accent

#4D9B4A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEA5

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

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