#BFBA99#BFBA99

#BFBA99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.045 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA99
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -3.72, 17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 17.79, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.008 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.045 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7943, 48.4947, 37.1315)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA99 #999EBF

analogous

#BFA799 #BFBA99 #B1BF99

triadic

#BFBA99 #99BFBA #BA99BF

tetradic

#BFBA99 #99BFA7 #999EBF #BF99B1

square

#BFBA99 #99BFA7 #999EBF #BF99B1

split-complementary

#BFBA99 #99B1BF #A799BF

monochromatic

#888155 #A7A173 #BFBA99 #D7D3BF #EEEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BFBA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA99

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA99	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.045 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ceb7',
    500: '#bfba99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba99;
$custom-light: #d2ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78435,
    "c": 0.0453,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA99

secondary

#D4D6E0

accent

#50A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA99

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

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