Light gray
#BFB3AA
#BFB3AA is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.2:1. On white it reaches only 2.1:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BFB3AA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BFB3AA kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FEF5EE
- 100 F3E9E2
- 200 E1D7CF
- 300 BFB3AA
- 400 ACA198
- 500 91857D
- 600 766B63
- 700 5D534C
- 800 473E37
- 900 312A24
- 950 1D1713
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #fef5ee; --color-gray-100: #f3e9e2; --color-gray-200: #e1d7cf; --color-gray-300: #bfb3aa; --color-gray-400: #aca198; --color-gray-500: #91857d; --color-gray-600: #766b63; --color-gray-700: #5d534c; --color-gray-800: #473e37; --color-gray-900: #312a24; --color-gray-950: #1d1713;}Is #BFB3AA readable?
Contrast for text on #BFB3AA and for #BFB3AA used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.1APCA Lc 44 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.2APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #80746C · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.1APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.2APCA Lc 62 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BFB3AA
Six palettes built around #BFB3AA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BFB3AA · #CBB045 · #FC7C67 · #C9EEA5 · #2A2520
- Complementary#BFB3AA · #43A1D0 · #42A0EC · #FFE2CB · #281D13
- Split complementary#BFB3AA · #0093A8 · #95B1FF · #FFE2CD · #2E221B
- Triadic#BFB3AA · #45B698 · #A18BED · #FFC89D · #2F2925
- Tetradic#BFB3AA · #519668 · #36A8E9 · #FFC7F5 · #3B2D21
- Monochromatic#BFB3AA · #D37812 · #F4973B · #FFD0A9 · #2F2A25
#BFB3AA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BFB3AA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FEF5EE
- Brand 100, #F3E9E2
- Brand 200, #E1D7CF
- Brand 300, #BFB3AA
- Brand 400, #ACA198
- Brand 500, #91857D
- Brand 600, #766B63
- Brand 700, #5D534C
- Brand 800, #473E37
- Brand 900, #312A24
- Brand 950, #1D1713
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F5F4F3
- Neutral 200, #E7E5E3
- Neutral 300, #D7D3D0
- Neutral 400, #A6A09B
- Neutral 500, #78726D
- Neutral 600, #59534E
- Neutral 700, #453F3B
- Neutral 800, #2C2723
- Neutral 900, #1B1713
- Neutral 950, #0D0906
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A767
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E6A650
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 9.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.7:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BFB3AA
Lighter and darker versions of #BFB3AA.