#BFBFA6#BFBFA6

#BFBFA6 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.034 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBFA6
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 166)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -4.33, 12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 13.36, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0101 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.034 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9989, 51.0915, 43.4547)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBFA6 #A6A6BF

analogous

#BFB3A6 #BFBFA6 #B3BFA6

triadic

#BFBFA6 #A6BFBF #BFA6BF

tetradic

#BFBFA6 #A6BFB3 #A6A6BF #BFA6B3

square

#BFBFA6 #A6BFB3 #A6A6BF #BFA6B3

split-complementary

#BFBFA6 #A6B3BF #B3A6BF

monochromatic

#888862 #A5A582 #BFBFA6 #D9D9CA #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BFBFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBFA6

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBFA6	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbfa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.034 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2c0',
    500: '#bfbfa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbfa6;
$custom-light: #d2d2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbfa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79788,
    "c": 0.03423,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBFA6

secondary

#777793

accent

#4B9B4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBFA6

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

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