#BFB989#BFB989

#BFB989 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.065 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB989
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 137)
HSL	hsl(53, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 28.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -5.47, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 25.77, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0132 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.065 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3504, 47.5813, 30.5625)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB989 #898FBF

analogous

#BF9E89 #BFB989 #AABF89

triadic

#BFB989 #89BFB9 #B989BF

tetradic

#BFB989 #89BF9E #898FBF #BF89AA

square

#BFB989 #89BF9E #898FBF #BF89AA

split-complementary

#BFB989 #89AABF #9E89BF

monochromatic

#857F48 #A9A161 #BFB989 #D5D1B1 #EAE8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BFB989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BFB989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB989

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB989	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.065 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cdab',
    500: '#bfb989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb989;
$custom-light: #d3cdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 29.67,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77877,
    "c": 0.06471,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB989

secondary

#C9CBDB

accent

#49A83D

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB989

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

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