#BFBB9A#BFBB9A

#BFBB9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.045 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB9A
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 154)
HSL	hsl(54, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 19.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -4.10, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 17.74, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0091 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.045 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0886, 48.9507, 37.6388)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB9A #9A9EBF

analogous

#BFA99A #BFBB9A #B0BF9A

triadic

#BFBB9A #9ABFBB #BB9ABF

tetradic

#BFBB9A #9ABFA9 #9A9EBF #BF9AB0

square

#BFBB9A #9ABFA9 #9A9EBF #BF9AB0

split-complementary

#BFBB9A #9AB0BF #A99ABF

monochromatic

#888356 #A7A275 #BFBB9A #D7D4BF #EEEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBB9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BFBB9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB9A

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB9A	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.045 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfb7',
    500: '#bfbb9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb9a;
$custom-light: #d2cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 22.424,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78666,
    "c": 0.04517,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB9A

secondary

#D5D6E0

accent

#4FA145

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB9A

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

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