#BFBC8D#BFBC8D

#BFBC8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.063 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC8D
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 141)
HSL	hsl(56, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 26.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -6.50, 24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 25.09, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.016 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.063 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2769, 48.9666, 32.3132)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC8D #8D90BF

analogous

#BFA38D #BFBC8D #A9BF8D

triadic

#BFBC8D #8DBFBC #BC8DBF

tetradic

#BFBC8D #8DBFA3 #8D90BF #BF8DA9

square

#BFBC8D #8DBFA3 #8D90BF #BF8DA9

split-complementary

#BFBC8D #8DA9BF #A38DBF

monochromatic

#86834B #A9A566 #BFBC8D #D5D3B4 #EBEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BFBC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC8D

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC8D	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B88A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.063 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0ae',
    500: '#bfbc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc8d;
$custom-light: #d3d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 28.09,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7859,
    "c": 0.0632,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC8D

secondary

#CBCCDC

accent

#45A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC8D

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

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