#BFB99C#BFB99C

#BFB99C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.040 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB99C
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 156)
HSL	hsl(50, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -2.74, 15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 15.74, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0053 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.04 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8353, 48.1752, 38.3829)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB99C #9CA2BF

analogous

#BFA79C #BFB99C #B3BF9C

triadic

#BFB99C #9CBFB9 #B99CBF

tetradic

#BFB99C #9CBFA7 #9CA2BF #BF9CB3

square

#BFB99C #9CBFA7 #9CA2BF #BF9CB3

split-complementary

#BFB99C #9CB3BF #A79CBF

monochromatic

#888058 #A79F77 #BFB99C #D7D3C1 #EFEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFB99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB99C

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB99C	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.040 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceb9',
    500: '#bfb99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb99c;
$custom-light: #d2ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78297,
    "c": 0.04023,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB99C

secondary

#D6D8E1

accent

#55A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB99C

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

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