#BFBEAE#BFBEAE

#BFBEAE is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.022 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEAE
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(56, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -2.48, 8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 8.57, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0053 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.022 104)
XYZ	xyz(47.5384, 50.9595, 47.3680)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEAE #AEAFBF

analogous

#BFB6AE #BFBEAE #B8BFAE

triadic

#BFBEAE #AEBFBE #BEAEBF

tetradic

#BFBEAE #AEBFB6 #AEAFBF #BFAEB8

square

#BFBEAE #AEBFB6 #AEAFBF #BFAEB8

split-complementary

#BFBEAE #AEB8BF #B6AEBF

monochromatic

#88866B #A4A38C #BFBEAE #DAD9D0 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BFBEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEAE

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEAE	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.022 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1c6',
    500: '#bfbeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbeae;
$custom-light: #d2d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79786,
    "c": 0.02208,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.50959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEAE

secondary

#7F8092

accent

#549650

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEAE

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

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