#BFBEA9#BFBEA9

#BFBEA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.029 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEA9
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(57, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -3.32, 10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 11.24, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0074 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.029 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0600, 50.7682, 44.8485)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEA9 #A9AABF

analogous

#BFB3A9 #BFBEA9 #B5BFA9

triadic

#BFBEA9 #A9BFBE #BEA9BF

tetradic

#BFBEA9 #A9BFB3 #A9AABF #BFA9B5

square

#BFBEA9 #A9BFB3 #A9AABF #BFA9B5

split-complementary

#BFBEA9 #A9B5BF #B3A9BF

monochromatic

#888765 #A5A386 #BFBEA9 #D9D9CC #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BFBEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEA9

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEA9	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)

#C2BCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.029 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1c2',
    500: '#bfbea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbea9;
$custom-light: #d2d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79656,
    "c": 0.02887,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEA9

secondary

#7A7B93

accent

#50994D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEA9

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

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