#BFB99A#BFB99A

#BFB99A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.043 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB99A
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 154)
HSL	hsl(50, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 19.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -3.05, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 16.80, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0061 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.043 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6673, 48.1081, 37.4983)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB99A #9AA0BF

analogous

#BFA69A #BFB99A #B2BF9A

triadic

#BFB99A #9ABFB9 #B99ABF

tetradic

#BFB99A #9ABFA6 #9AA0BF #BF9AB2

square

#BFB99A #9ABFA6 #9AA0BF #BF9AB2

split-complementary

#BFB99A #9AB2BF #A69ABF

monochromatic

#888056 #A79F75 #BFB99A #D7D3BF #EEEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFB99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BFB99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB99A

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB99A	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.043 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceb7',
    500: '#bfb99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb99a;
$custom-light: #d2ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 22.424,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7825,
    "c": 0.04285,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB99A

secondary

#D5D7E0

accent

#54A145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB99A

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

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