#BFBEB3#BFBEB3

#BFBEB3 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.015 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBEB3
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 179)
HSL	hsl(55, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -1.62, 5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 5.90, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0033 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.015 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0349, 51.1582, 49.9831)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBEB3 #B3B4BF

analogous

#BFB8B3 #BFBEB3 #BABFB3

triadic

#BFBEB3 #B3BFBE #BEB3BF

tetradic

#BFBEB3 #B3BFB8 #B3B4BF #BFB3BA

square

#BFBEB3 #B3BFB8 #B3B4BF #BFB3BA

split-complementary

#BFBEB3 #B3BABF #B8B3BF

monochromatic

#868571 #A3A292 #BFBEB3 #DBDAD4 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BFBEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBEB3

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBEB3	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BDB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.015 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1c9',
    500: '#bfbeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbeb3;
$custom-light: #d2d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7992,
    "c": 0.01525,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBEB3

secondary

#848592

accent

#589353

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBEB3

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

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