#BFBFB3#BFBFB3

#BFBFB3 is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.017 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBFB3
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 179)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -2.15, 6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 6.42, 109.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0048 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.017 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2522, 51.5928, 50.0555)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBFB3 #B3B3BF

analogous

#BFB9B3 #BFBFB3 #B9BFB3

triadic

#BFBFB3 #B3BFBF #BFB3BF

tetradic

#BFBFB3 #B3BFB9 #B3B3BF #BFB3B9

square

#BFBFB3 #B3BFB9 #B3B3BF #BFB3B9

split-complementary

#BFBFB3 #B3B9BF #B9B3BF

monochromatic

#868671 #A3A392 #BFBFB3 #DBDBD4 #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BFBFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BFBFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBFB3

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBFB3	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.017 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2c9',
    500: '#bfbfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbfb3;
$custom-light: #d2d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80127,
    "c": 0.01656,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBFB3

secondary

#848492

accent

#539353

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBFB3

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

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