#BFB799#BFB799

#BFB799 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.042 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB799
RGB	rgb(191, 183, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -2.14, 16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 16.44, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0035 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.042 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1689, 47.2440, 36.9230)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB799 #99A1BF

analogous

#BFA499 #BFB799 #B4BF99

triadic

#BFB799 #99BFB7 #B799BF

tetradic

#BFB799 #99BFA4 #99A1BF #BF99B4

square

#BFB799 #99BFA4 #99A1BF #BF99B4

split-complementary

#BFB799 #99B4BF #A499BF

monochromatic

#887D55 #A79C73 #BFB799 #D7D2BF #EEECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFB799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BFB799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB799

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB799	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 183, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.042 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ccb7',
    500: '#bfb799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb799;
$custom-light: #d2ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77811,
    "c": 0.04201,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB799

secondary

#D4D6E0

accent

#58A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB799

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

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