#BFB99D#BFB99D

#BFB99D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.039 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB99D
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(49, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -2.59, 14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 15.21, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0049 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.039 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9203, 48.2092, 38.8307)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB99D #9DA3BF

analogous

#BFA89D #BFB99D #B4BF9D

triadic

#BFB99D #9DBFB9 #B99DBF

tetradic

#BFB99D #9DBFA8 #9DA3BF #BF9DB4

square

#BFB99D #9DBFA8 #9DA3BF #BF9DB4

split-complementary

#BFB99D #9DB4BF #A89DBF

monochromatic

#888059 #A79F78 #BFB99D #D7D3C2 #EFEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFB99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB99D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB99D	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)

#BFB79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.039 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceba',
    500: '#bfb99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb99d;
$custom-light: #d2ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78321,
    "c": 0.03892,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB99D

secondary

#D7D9E1

accent

#569F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB99D

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

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