#BFC8A9#BFC8A9

#BFC8A9 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.043 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFC8A9
RGB	rgb(191, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(77, 22%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(77, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -8.54, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 16.81, 120.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.022 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.043 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3006, 55.2495, 45.5954)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFC8A9 #B2A9C8

analogous

#C8C2A9 #BFC8A9 #B0C8A9

triadic

#BFC8A9 #A9BFC8 #C8A9BF

tetradic

#BFC8A9 #A9C8C2 #B2A9C8 #C8A9B0

square

#BFC8A9 #A9C8C2 #B2A9C8 #C8A9B0

split-complementary

#BFC8A9 #A9B0C8 #C2A9C8

monochromatic

#879660 #A3B084 #BFC8A9 #DBE0CE #F1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BFC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#BFC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFC8A9

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFC8A9	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfc8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.043 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d8c2',
    500: '#bfc8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfc8a9;
$custom-light: #d2d8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfc8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.419,
    "s": 21.986,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81748,
    "c": 0.04337,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFC8A9

secondary

#83799D

accent

#45A060

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFC8A9

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

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