#BFB98B#BFB98B

#BFB98B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.062 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB98B
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 139)
HSL	hsl(53, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -5.20, 24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 24.72, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0124 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.062 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4952, 47.6392, 31.3251)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB98B #8B91BF

analogous

#BF9F8B #BFB98B #ABBF8B

triadic

#BFB98B #8BBFB9 #B98BBF

tetradic

#BFB98B #8BBF9F #8B91BF #BF8BAB

square

#BFB98B #8BBF9F #8B91BF #BF8BAB

split-complementary

#BFB98B #8BABBF #9F8BBF

monochromatic

#867F4A #A9A164 #BFB98B #D5D1B2 #EBE9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFB98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BFB98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB98B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB98B	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)

#C2B688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.062 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cead',
    500: '#bfb98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb98b;
$custom-light: #d3cead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77918,
    "c": 0.06218,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB98B

secondary

#CACCDC

accent

#4AA83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB98B

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

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