#BFBB8B#BFBB8B

#BFBB8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.065 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB8B
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 139)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -6.25, 24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 25.66, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0154 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.065 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9165, 48.4819, 31.4656)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB8B #8B8FBF

analogous

#BFA18B #BFBB8B #A9BF8B

triadic

#BFBB8B #8BBFBB #BB8BBF

tetradic

#BFBB8B #8BBFA1 #8B8FBF #BF8BA9

square

#BFBB8B #8BBFA1 #8B8FBF #BF8BA9

split-complementary

#BFBB8B #8BA9BF #A18BBF

monochromatic

#86814A #A9A464 #BFBB8B #D5D2B2 #EBE9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BFBB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB8B

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB8B	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)

#C4B788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.065 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cfad',
    500: '#bfbb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb8b;
$custom-light: #d3cfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78339,
    "c": 0.06453,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB8B

secondary

#CACBDC

accent

#46A83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB8B

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

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