#BFBD8B#BFBD8B

#BFBD8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.067 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD8B
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 139)
HSL	hsl(58, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -7.29, 25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 26.63, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0184 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.067 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3438, 49.3364, 31.6080)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD8B #8B8DBF

analogous

#BFA38B #BFBD8B #A7BF8B

triadic

#BFBD8B #8BBFBD #BD8BBF

tetradic

#BFBD8B #8BBFA3 #8B8DBF #BF8BA7

square

#BFBD8B #8BBFA3 #8B8DBF #BF8BA7

split-complementary

#BFBD8B #8BA7BF #A38BBF

monochromatic

#86834A #A9A764 #BFBD8B #D5D3B2 #EBEADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BFBD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD8B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD8B	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.067 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0ad',
    500: '#bfbd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd8b;
$custom-light: #d3d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7876,
    "c": 0.06696,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD8B

secondary

#CACBDC

accent

#42A83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD8B

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

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