#BFBB8A#BFBB8A

#BFBB8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.066 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB8A
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -6.38, 25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 26.19, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0158 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.066 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8438, 48.4528, 31.0825)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB8A #8A8EBF

analogous

#BFA18A #BFBB8A #A9BF8A

triadic

#BFBB8A #8ABFBB #BB8ABF

tetradic

#BFBB8A #8ABFA1 #8A8EBF #BF8AA9

square

#BFBB8A #8ABFA1 #8A8EBF #BF8AA9

split-complementary

#BFBB8A #8AA9BF #A18ABF

monochromatic

#868149 #A9A462 #BFBB8A #D5D2B2 #EAE9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BFBB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB8A

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB8A	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	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)

#C4B787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.066 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cfac',
    500: '#bfbb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb8a;
$custom-light: #d3cfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78318,
    "c": 0.06579,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB8A

secondary

#C9CBDC

accent

#46A83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB8A

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

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