#BFBB99#BFBB99

#BFBB99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.046 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB99
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -4.25, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 18.27, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0095 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.046 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0057, 48.9175, 37.2020)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB99 #999DBF

analogous

#BFA899 #BFBB99 #B0BF99

triadic

#BFBB99 #99BFBB #BB99BF

tetradic

#BFBB99 #99BFA8 #999DBF #BF99B0

square

#BFBB99 #99BFA8 #999DBF #BF99B0

split-complementary

#BFBB99 #99B0BF #A899BF

monochromatic

#888355 #A7A273 #BFBB99 #D7D4BF #EEEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BFBB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB99

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB99	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.046 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfb7',
    500: '#bfbb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb99;
$custom-light: #d2cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78643,
    "c": 0.04648,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB99

secondary

#D4D5E0

accent

#4EA144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB99

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

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