#BFBB8E#BFBB8E

#BFBB8E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.061 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB8E
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 142)
HSL	hsl(55, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 25.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -5.84, 23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 24.08, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0141 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.061 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1387, 48.5708, 32.6358)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB8E #8E92BF

analogous

#BFA28E #BFBB8E #AABF8E

triadic

#BFBB8E #8EBFBB #BB8EBF

tetradic

#BFBB8E #8EBFA2 #8E92BF #BF8EAA

square

#BFBB8E #8EBFA2 #8E92BF #BF8EAA

split-complementary

#BFBB8E #8EAABF #A28EBF

monochromatic

#86824C #A9A367 #BFBB8E #D5D3B5 #EBEADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BFBB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB8E

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB8E	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.061 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfaf',
    500: '#bfbb8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb8e;
$custom-light: #d2cfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 27.684,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78401,
    "c": 0.06071,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB8E

secondary

#CCCDDD

accent

#48A63F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB8E

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

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