#BFBFA5#BFBFA5

#BFBFA5 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.036 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBFA5
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -4.49, 13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 13.89, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0105 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.036 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9075, 51.0549, 42.9735)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBFA5 #A5A5BF

analogous

#BFB2A5 #BFBFA5 #B2BFA5

triadic

#BFBFA5 #A5BFBF #BFA5BF

tetradic

#BFBFA5 #A5BFB2 #A5A5BF #BFA5B2

square

#BFBFA5 #A5BFB2 #A5A5BF #BFA5B2

split-complementary

#BFBFA5 #A5B2BF #B2A5BF

monochromatic

#898961 #A6A681 #BFBFA5 #D8D8C9 #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BFBFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBFA5

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBFA5	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.036 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2bf',
    500: '#bfbfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbfa5;
$custom-light: #d2d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79764,
    "c": 0.03558,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBFA5

secondary

#767693

accent

#4A9B4A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBFA5

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

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