#BFBC8B#BFBC8B

#BFBC8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.066 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC8B
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 139)
HSL	hsl(57, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -6.77, 25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 26.14, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0169 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.066 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1294, 48.9076, 31.5365)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC8B #8B8EBF

analogous

#BFA28B #BFBC8B #A8BF8B

triadic

#BFBC8B #8BBFBC #BC8BBF

tetradic

#BFBC8B #8BBFA2 #8B8EBF #BF8BA8

square

#BFBC8B #8BBFA2 #8B8EBF #BF8BA8

split-complementary

#BFBC8B #8BA8BF #A28BBF

monochromatic

#86824A #A9A564 #BFBC8B #D5D3B2 #EBEADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BFBC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC8B

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC8B	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.066 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0ad',
    500: '#bfbc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc8b;
$custom-light: #d3d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78549,
    "c": 0.06573,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC8B

secondary

#CACBDC

accent

#44A83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC8B

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

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