#BFBC9B#BFBC9B

#BFBC9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.045 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC9B
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(55, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -4.48, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 17.69, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0102 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.045 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3852, 49.4099, 38.1502)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC9B #9B9EBF

analogous

#BFAA9B #BFBC9B #B0BF9B

triadic

#BFBC9B #9BBFBC #BC9BBF

tetradic

#BFBC9B #9BBFAA #9B9EBF #BF9BB0

square

#BFBC9B #9BBFAA #9B9EBF #BF9BB0

split-complementary

#BFBC9B #9BB0BF #AA9BBF

monochromatic

#888457 #A7A376 #BFBC9B #D7D5C0 #EFEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BFBC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC9B

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC9B	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.045 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b8',
    500: '#bfbc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc9b;
$custom-light: #d2d0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78898,
    "c": 0.04506,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC9B

secondary

#D5D6E0

accent

#4DA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC9B

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

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