#BFB997#BFB997

#BFB997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.047 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB997
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -3.49, 18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 18.39, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0074 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.047 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4206, 48.0094, 36.1988)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB997 #979DBF

analogous

#BFA597 #BFB997 #B1BF97

triadic

#BFB997 #97BFB9 #B997BF

tetradic

#BFB997 #97BFA5 #979DBF #BF97B1

square

#BFB997 #97BFA5 #979DBF #BF97B1

split-complementary

#BFB997 #97B1BF #A597BF

monochromatic

#888054 #A8A071 #BFB997 #D6D3BD #EEECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BFB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB997

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB997	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.047 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceb5',
    500: '#bfb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb997;
$custom-light: #d2ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7818,
    "c": 0.04677,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB997

secondary

#D3D4DF

accent

#51A243

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB997

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

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