#BFBC9E#BFBC9E

#BFBC9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.041 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC9E
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -4.02, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 16.10, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0089 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.041 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6402, 49.5120, 39.4936)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC9E #9EA1BF

analogous

#BFAB9E #BFBC9E #B1BF9E

triadic

#BFBC9E #9EBFBC #BC9EBF

tetradic

#BFBC9E #9EBFAB #9EA1BF #BF9EB1

square

#BFBC9E #9EBFAB #9EA1BF #BF9EB1

split-complementary

#BFBC9E #9EB1BF #AB9EBF

monochromatic

#89845A #A7A379 #BFBC9E #D7D5C3 #F0EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BFBC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC9E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC9E	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)

#C2BA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.041 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0ba',
    500: '#bfbc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc9e;
$custom-light: #d2d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.0411,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC9E

secondary

#D7D8E1

accent

#4F9F47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC9E

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

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