#BFBB9C#BFBB9C

#BFBB9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.043 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB9C
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -3.80, 16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 16.68, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0083 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.043 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2566, 49.0179, 38.5233)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB9C #9CA0BF

analogous

#BFA99C #BFBB9C #B1BF9C

triadic

#BFBB9C #9CBFBB #BB9CBF

tetradic

#BFBB9C #9CBFA9 #9CA0BF #BF9CB1

square

#BFBB9C #9CBFA9 #9CA0BF #BF9CB1

split-complementary

#BFBB9C #9CB1BF #A99CBF

monochromatic

#888358 #A7A177 #BFBB9C #D7D5C1 #EFEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BFBB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB9C

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB9C	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#C1B99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.043 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfb9',
    500: '#bfbb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb9c;
$custom-light: #d2cfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78713,
    "c": 0.04254,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB9C

secondary

#D6D7E1

accent

#50A046

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB9C

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

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