#BFBC99#BFBC99

#BFBC99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.048 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC99
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -4.78, 18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 18.75, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.011 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.048 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2186, 49.3433, 37.2729)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC99 #999CBF

analogous

#BFA999 #BFBC99 #AFBF99

triadic

#BFBC99 #99BFBC #BC99BF

tetradic

#BFBC99 #99BFA9 #999CBF #BF99AF

square

#BFBC99 #99BFA9 #999CBF #BF99AF

split-complementary

#BFBC99 #99AFBF #A999BF

monochromatic

#888455 #A7A373 #BFBC99 #D7D5BF #EEEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BFBC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC99

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC99	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.048 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b7',
    500: '#bfbc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc99;
$custom-light: #d2d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78852,
    "c": 0.04769,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC99

secondary

#D4D5E0

accent

#4CA144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC99

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

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