#BFBB9E#BFBB9E

#BFBB9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.040 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB9E
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -3.49, 15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 15.62, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0075 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.04 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4274, 49.0862, 39.4226)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB9E #9EA2BF

analogous

#BFAA9E #BFBB9E #B2BF9E

triadic

#BFBB9E #9EBFBB #BB9EBF

tetradic

#BFBB9E #9EBFAA #9EA2BF #BF9EB2

square

#BFBB9E #9EBFAA #9EA2BF #BF9EB2

split-complementary

#BFBB9E #9EB2BF #AA9EBF

monochromatic

#89835A #A7A179 #BFBB9E #D7D5C3 #F0EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BFBB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB9E

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB9E	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BB9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.040 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfba',
    500: '#bfbb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb9e;
$custom-light: #d2cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7876,
    "c": 0.03989,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB9E

secondary

#D7D9E1

accent

#519F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB9E

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

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