#BFB99E#BFB99E

#BFB99E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.038 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB99E
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(49, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -2.43, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 14.68, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0045 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.038 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0060, 48.2435, 39.2822)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB99E #9EA4BF

analogous

#BFA89E #BFB99E #B4BF9E

triadic

#BFB99E #9EBFB9 #B99EBF

tetradic

#BFB99E #9EBFA8 #9EA4BF #BF9EB4

square

#BFB99E #9EBFA8 #9EA4BF #BF9EB4

split-complementary

#BFB99E #9EB4BF #A89EBF

monochromatic

#89805A #A79E79 #BFB99E #D7D4C3 #F0EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BFB99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB99E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB99E	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.038 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceba',
    500: '#bfb99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb99e;
$custom-light: #d2ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78345,
    "c": 0.03761,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB99E

secondary

#D7D9E1

accent

#579F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB99E

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

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