#BFBA97#BFBA97

#BFBA97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.048 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA97
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -4.02, 18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 18.85, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0089 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.048 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6305, 48.4292, 36.2688)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA97 #979CBF

analogous

#BFA697 #BFBA97 #B0BF97

triadic

#BFBA97 #97BFBA #BA97BF

tetradic

#BFBA97 #97BFA6 #979CBF #BF97B0

square

#BFBA97 #97BFA6 #979CBF #BF97B0

split-complementary

#BFBA97 #97B0BF #A697BF

monochromatic

#888154 #A8A171 #BFBA97 #D6D3BD #EEECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BFBA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA97

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA97	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.048 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceb5',
    500: '#bfba97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba97;
$custom-light: #d2ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78389,
    "c": 0.04792,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA97

secondary

#D3D4DF

accent

#4FA243

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA97

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

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