#BFBB9F#BFBB9F

#BFBB9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.039 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB9F
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 159)
HSL	hsl(53, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -3.33, 14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 15.08, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.007 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.039 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5138, 49.1208, 39.8778)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB9F #9FA3BF

analogous

#BFAB9F #BFBB9F #B3BF9F

triadic

#BFBB9F #9FBFBB #BB9FBF

tetradic

#BFBB9F #9FBFAB #9FA3BF #BF9FB3

square

#BFBB9F #9FBFAB #9FA3BF #BF9FB3

split-complementary

#BFBB9F #9FB3BF #AB9FBF

monochromatic

#89835B #A7A17A #BFBB9F #D7D5C4 #F0EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BFBB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB9F

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB9F	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)

#C1B99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.039 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cfbb',
    500: '#bfbb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb9f;
$custom-light: #d2cfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78785,
    "c": 0.03857,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB9F

secondary

#D8D9E2

accent

#529E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB9F

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

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