#BFBB9B#BFBB9B

#BFBB9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.044 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB9B
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -3.95, 16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 17.21, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0087 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.044 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1723, 48.9842, 38.0792)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB9B #9B9FBF

analogous

#BFA99B #BFBB9B #B1BF9B

triadic

#BFBB9B #9BBFBB #BB9BBF

tetradic

#BFBB9B #9BBFA9 #9B9FBF #BF9BB1

square

#BFBB9B #9BBFA9 #9B9FBF #BF9BB1

split-complementary

#BFBB9B #9BB1BF #A99BBF

monochromatic

#888357 #A7A276 #BFBB9B #D7D4C0 #EFEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BFBB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB9B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB9B	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.044 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfb8',
    500: '#bfbb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb9b;
$custom-light: #d2cfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7869,
    "c": 0.04385,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB9B

secondary

#D5D7E0

accent

#4FA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB9B

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

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