#BFBB97#BFBB97

#BFBB97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.049 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB97
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -4.55, 18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 19.33, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0104 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.049 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8419, 48.8520, 36.3393)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB97 #979BBF

analogous

#BFA797 #BFBB97 #AFBF97

triadic

#BFBB97 #97BFBB #BB97BF

tetradic

#BFBB97 #97BFA7 #979BBF #BF97AF

square

#BFBB97 #97BFA7 #979BBF #BF97AF

split-complementary

#BFBB97 #97AFBF #A797BF

monochromatic

#888354 #A8A271 #BFBB97 #D6D4BD #EEEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BFBB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB97

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB97	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.049 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfb5',
    500: '#bfbb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb97;
$custom-light: #d2cfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78597,
    "c": 0.0491,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB97

secondary

#D3D4DF

accent

#4DA243

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB97

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

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