#BFBC97#BFBC97

#BFBC97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.050 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC97
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -5.07, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 19.81, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0119 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.05 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0548, 49.2778, 36.4103)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC97 #979ABF

analogous

#BFA897 #BFBC97 #AEBF97

triadic

#BFBC97 #97BFBC #BC97BF

tetradic

#BFBC97 #97BFA8 #979ABF #BF97AE

square

#BFBC97 #97BFA8 #979ABF #BF97AE

split-complementary

#BFBC97 #97AEBF #A897BF

monochromatic

#888454 #A8A471 #BFBC97 #D6D4BD #EEEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BFBC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC97

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC97	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.050 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b5',
    500: '#bfbc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc97;
$custom-light: #d2d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78807,
    "c": 0.05031,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC97

secondary

#D3D4DF

accent

#4AA243

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC97

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

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