#BFBB9D#BFBB9D

#BFBB9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.041 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB9D
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(53, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -3.64, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 16.15, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0079 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.041 101)
XYZ	xyz(45.3416, 49.0519, 38.9711)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB9D #9DA1BF

analogous

#BFAA9D #BFBB9D #B2BF9D

triadic

#BFBB9D #9DBFBB #BB9DBF

tetradic

#BFBB9D #9DBFAA #9DA1BF #BF9DB2

square

#BFBB9D #9DBFAA #9DA1BF #BF9DB2

split-complementary

#BFBB9D #9DB2BF #AA9DBF

monochromatic

#888359 #A7A178 #BFBB9D #D7D5C2 #EFEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BFBB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB9D

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB9D	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.041 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfba',
    500: '#bfbb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb9d;
$custom-light: #d2cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78737,
    "c": 0.04121,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.49051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB9D

secondary

#D7D8E1

accent

#519F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB9D

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

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