#BFB99F#BFB99F

#BFB99F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.036 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB99F
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 159)
HSL	hsl(49, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -2.28, 13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 14.16, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.004 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.036 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0924, 48.2781, 39.7373)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB99F #9FA5BF

analogous

#BFA99F #BFB99F #B5BF9F

triadic

#BFB99F #9FBFB9 #B99FBF

tetradic

#BFB99F #9FBFA9 #9FA5BF #BF9FB5

square

#BFB99F #9FBFA9 #9FA5BF #BF9FB5

split-complementary

#BFB99F #9FB5BF #A99FBF

monochromatic

#89805B #A79E7A #BFB99F #D7D4C4 #F0EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BFB99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB99F

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB99F	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.036 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cebb',
    500: '#bfb99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb99f;
$custom-light: #d2cebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78369,
    "c": 0.03629,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB99F

secondary

#D8DAE2

accent

#579E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB99F

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

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