#BFBD8A#BFBD8A

#BFBD8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.068 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD8A
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(58, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -7.43, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 27.15, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0188 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.068 106)
XYZ	xyz(44.2710, 49.3073, 31.2249)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD8A #8A8CBF

analogous

#BFA38A #BFBD8A #A7BF8A

triadic

#BFBD8A #8ABFBD #BD8ABF

tetradic

#BFBD8A #8ABFA3 #8A8CBF #BF8AA7

square

#BFBD8A #8ABFA3 #8A8CBF #BF8AA7

split-complementary

#BFBD8A #8AA7BF #A38ABF

monochromatic

#868349 #A9A762 #BFBD8A #D5D3B2 #EAEAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BFBD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD8A

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD8A	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.068 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0ac',
    500: '#bfbd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd8a;
$custom-light: #d3d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7874,
    "c": 0.06822,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.49307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD8A

secondary

#C9CADC

accent

#42A83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD8A

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

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