#B9BF8A#B9BF8A

#B9BF8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.071 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BF8A
RGB	rgb(185, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(67, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -10.78, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 28.26, 112.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0283 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.071 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2257, 49.4113, 31.3000)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BF8A #908ABF

analogous

#BFAB8A #B9BF8A #9FBF8A

triadic

#B9BF8A #8AB9BF #BF8AB9

tetradic

#B9BF8A #8ABFAB #908ABF #BF8A9F

square

#B9BF8A #8ABFAB #908ABF #BF8A9F

split-complementary

#B9BF8A #8A9FBF #AB8ABF

monochromatic

#7F8649 #A1A962 #B9BF8A #D1D5B2 #E8EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B9BF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#B9BF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BF8A

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BF8A	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9bf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.071 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced2ac',
    500: '#b9bf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9bf8a;
$custom-light: #ced2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9bf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.792,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78675,
    "c": 0.07144,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BF8A

secondary

#CBC9DC

accent

#3EA84A

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BF8A

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

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