#BFBC9D#BFBC9D

#BFBC9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.042 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC9D
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 157)
HSL	hsl(55, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -4.17, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 16.63, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0094 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.042 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5545, 49.4777, 39.0421)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC9D #9DA0BF

analogous

#BFAB9D #BFBC9D #B1BF9D

triadic

#BFBC9D #9DBFBC #BC9DBF

tetradic

#BFBC9D #9DBFAB #9DA0BF #BF9DB1

square

#BFBC9D #9DBFAB #9DA0BF #BF9DB1

split-complementary

#BFBC9D #9DB1BF #AB9DBF

monochromatic

#888459 #A7A378 #BFBC9D #D7D5C2 #EFEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BFBC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC9D

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC9D	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.042 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0ba',
    500: '#bfbc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc9d;
$custom-light: #d2d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78945,
    "c": 0.04242,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC9D

secondary

#D7D8E1

accent

#4E9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC9D

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

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