#BFBFA9#BFBFA9

#BFBFA9 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.030 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBFA9
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -3.84, 11.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 11.76, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0089 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.03 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2773, 51.2029, 44.9210)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBFA9 #A9A9BF

analogous

#BFB4A9 #BFBFA9 #B4BFA9

triadic

#BFBFA9 #A9BFBF #BFA9BF

tetradic

#BFBFA9 #A9BFB4 #A9A9BF #BFA9B4

square

#BFBFA9 #A9BFB4 #A9A9BF #BFA9B4

split-complementary

#BFBFA9 #A9B4BF #B4A9BF

monochromatic

#888865 #A5A586 #BFBFA9 #D9D9CC #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BFBFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BFBFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBFA9

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBFA9	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.030 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2c2',
    500: '#bfbfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbfa9;
$custom-light: #d2d2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79864,
    "c": 0.03019,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBFA9

secondary

#7A7A93

accent

#4D994D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBFA9

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

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