#BFB587#BFB587

#BFB587 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.063 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB587
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 29.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -3.63, 24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 25.04, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.008 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.063 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3832, 45.8744, 29.5390)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB587 #8791BF

analogous

#BF9987 #BFB587 #ADBF87

triadic

#BFB587 #87BFB5 #B587BF

tetradic

#BFB587 #87BF99 #8791BF #BF87AD

square

#BFB587 #87BF99 #8791BF #BF87AD

split-complementary

#BFB587 #87ADBF #9987BF

monochromatic

#857A47 #AA9C5F #BFB587 #D4CEAF #EAE6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BFB587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB587

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB587	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.063 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cbaa',
    500: '#bfb587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb587;
$custom-light: #d3cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76999,
    "c": 0.06283,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB587

secondary

#C7CBDB

accent

#50A93C

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF8F4

border

#D3D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB587

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

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