#BFB899#BFB899

#BFB899 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.043 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB899
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -2.67, 16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 16.88, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.005 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.043 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3759, 47.6580, 36.9920)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB899 #99A0BF

analogous

#BFA599 #BFB899 #B3BF99

triadic

#BFB899 #99BFB8 #B899BF

tetradic

#BFB899 #99BFA5 #99A0BF #BF99B3

square

#BFB899 #99BFA5 #99A0BF #BF99B3

split-complementary

#BFB899 #99B3BF #A599BF

monochromatic

#887F55 #A79E73 #BFB899 #D7D2BF #EEECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BFB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB899

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB899	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.043 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdb7',
    500: '#bfb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb899;
$custom-light: #d2cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78019,
    "c": 0.04306,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB899

secondary

#D4D6E0

accent

#55A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB899

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

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