#bfbfae

Color #bfbfae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#bfbfae

RGB

rgb(191, 191, 174)

HSL

hsl(60, 11.7%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 8.9%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(76.92, -3.01, 8.58)

LCH

lch(76.92, 9.09, 109.33)

OKLCH

oklch(80%, 0.0234, 106.89)

HWB

hwb(60, 68.2%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeaebf

Analogous

#bfb7ae

#bfbfae

#b7bfae

Triadic

#bfbfae

#aebfbf

#bfaebf

Split-complementary

#bfbfae

#aeb7bf

#b7aebf

Tetradic

#bfbfae

#aebfae

#aeaebf

#bfaebf

Square

#bfbfae

#aebfb7

#aeaebf

#bfaeb7

Shades

Color #bfbfae mixed toward black.

#a4a48c

#88886b

#666651

#444436

#22221b

Tints

Color #bfbfae mixed toward white.

#cacabc

#d4d4c9

#dfdfd7

#eaeae4

#f4f4f2

Tones

Color #bfbfae mixed toward gray.

#bebeb0

#bcbcb1

#bbbbb2

#b9b9b4

#b8b8b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfb2 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#bfbfb3 · ΔE 2.1

Tritanopia

#bfb6b6 · ΔE 10.9

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bfbfae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfbfae]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bfbfae (#bfbfae) is rgb(191, 191, 174) in RGB.

No, #bfbfae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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