#BFB89B#BFB89B

#BFB89B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.040 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB89B
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 155)
HSL	hsl(48, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -2.36, 15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 15.82, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0042 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.04 96)
XYZ	xyz(44.5425, 47.7246, 37.8693)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB89B #9BA2BF

analogous

#BFA69B #BFB89B #B4BF9B

triadic

#BFB89B #9BBFB8 #B89BBF

tetradic

#BFB89B #9BBFA6 #9BA2BF #BF9BB4

square

#BFB89B #9BBFA6 #9BA2BF #BF9BB4

split-complementary

#BFB89B #9BB4BF #A69BBF

monochromatic

#887F57 #A79E76 #BFB89B #D7D2C0 #EFEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BFB89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB89B

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB89B	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.040 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdb8',
    500: '#bfb89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb89b;
$custom-light: #d2cdb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78066,
    "c": 0.04046,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.47724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB89B

secondary

#D5D8E0

accent

#57A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB89B

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

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