#BFBEAD#BFBEAD

#BFBEAD is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.023 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEAD
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(57, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -2.65, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 9.11, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0057 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.023 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4412, 50.9207, 46.8565)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEAD #ADAEBF

analogous

#BFB5AD #BFBEAD #B7BFAD

triadic

#BFBEAD #ADBFBE #BEADBF

tetradic

#BFBEAD #ADBFB5 #ADAEBF #BFADB7

square

#BFBEAD #ADBFB5 #ADAEBF #BFADB7

split-complementary

#BFBEAD #ADB7BF #B5ADBF

monochromatic

#88866A #A4A38B #BFBEAD #DAD9CF #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BFBEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEAD

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEAD	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.023 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1c5',
    500: '#bfbead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbead;
$custom-light: #d2d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79759,
    "c": 0.02344,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEAD

secondary

#7E7F92

accent

#53964F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEAD

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

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