#BFB38B#BFB38B

#BFB38B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.056 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB38B
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 139)
HSL	hsl(46, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -2.03, 22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 22.11, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0033 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.056 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2664, 45.1816, 30.9155)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB38B #8B97BF

analogous

#BF998B #BFB38B #B1BF8B

triadic

#BFB38B #8BBFB3 #B38BBF

tetradic

#BFB38B #8BBF99 #8B97BF #BF8BB1

square

#BFB38B #8BBF99 #8B97BF #BF8BB1

split-complementary

#BFB38B #8BB1BF #998BBF

monochromatic

#86784A #A99964 #BFB38B #D5CDB2 #EBE7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BFB38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BFB38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB38B

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB38B	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.056 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c9ad',
    500: '#bfb38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb38b;
$custom-light: #d3c9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76666,
    "c": 0.05584,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB38B

secondary

#CACEDC

accent

#56A83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF8F4

border

#D3D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB38B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →