#BFBD8D#BFBD8D

#BFBD8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.064 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD8D
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 141)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 26.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -7.02, 24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 25.58, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0175 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.064 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4912, 49.3953, 32.3846)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD8D #8D8FBF

analogous

#BFA48D #BFBD8D #A8BF8D

triadic

#BFBD8D #8DBFBD #BD8DBF

tetradic

#BFBD8D #8DBFA4 #8D8FBF #BF8DA8

square

#BFBD8D #8DBFA4 #8D8FBF #BF8DA8

split-complementary

#BFBD8D #8DA8BF #A48DBF

monochromatic

#86844B #A9A666 #BFBD8D #D5D4B4 #EBEADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BFBD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD8D

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD8D	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.064 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0ae',
    500: '#bfbd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd8d;
$custom-light: #d3d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 28.09,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78801,
    "c": 0.06443,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD8D

secondary

#CBCCDC

accent

#43A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD8D

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

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