#BFB99B#BFB99B

#BFB99B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.042 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB99B
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 155)
HSL	hsl(50, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -2.89, 16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 16.27, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0057 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.042 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7509, 48.1415, 37.9388)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB99B #9BA1BF

analogous

#BFA79B #BFB99B #B3BF9B

triadic

#BFB99B #9BBFB9 #B99BBF

tetradic

#BFB99B #9BBFA7 #9BA1BF #BF9BB3

square

#BFB99B #9BBFA7 #9BA1BF #BF9BB3

split-complementary

#BFB99B #9BB3BF #A79BBF

monochromatic

#888057 #A79F76 #BFB99B #D7D3C0 #EFEDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFB99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BFB99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB99B

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB99B	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.042 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceb8',
    500: '#bfb99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb99b;
$custom-light: #d2ceb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78273,
    "c": 0.04154,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB99B

secondary

#D5D7E0

accent

#54A045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB99B

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

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