#BFBC9F#BFBC9F

#BFBC9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.040 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC9F
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(54, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -3.86, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 15.57, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0085 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.04 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7267, 49.5465, 39.9487)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC9F #9FA2BF

analogous

#BFAC9F #BFBC9F #B2BF9F

triadic

#BFBC9F #9FBFBC #BC9FBF

tetradic

#BFBC9F #9FBFAC #9FA2BF #BF9FB2

square

#BFBC9F #9FBFAC #9FA2BF #BF9FB2

split-complementary

#BFBC9F #9FB2BF #AC9FBF

monochromatic

#89845B #A7A27A #BFBC9F #D7D6C4 #F0EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BFBC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC9F

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC9F	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.040 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0bb',
    500: '#bfbc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc9f;
$custom-light: #d2d0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78993,
    "c": 0.03977,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC9F

secondary

#D8D9E2

accent

#4F9E47

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC9F

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

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