#BFB596#BFB596

#BFB596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.044 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB596
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -1.52, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 17.17, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0017 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.044 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5147, 46.3269, 35.4979)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB596 #96A0BF

analogous

#BFA196 #BFB596 #B5BF96

triadic

#BFB596 #96BFB5 #B596BF

tetradic

#BFB596 #96BFA1 #96A0BF #BF96B5

square

#BFB596 #96BFA1 #96A0BF #BF96B5

split-complementary

#BFB596 #96B5BF #A196BF

monochromatic

#887B53 #A89A70 #BFB596 #D6D0BC #EDEBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BFB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BFB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB596

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB596	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.044 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbb5',
    500: '#bfb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb596;
$custom-light: #d2cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77327,
    "c": 0.04386,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB596

secondary

#D2D5DF

accent

#5AA343

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB596

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

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