#BFBD96#BFBD96

#BFBD96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.053 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD96
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -5.75, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 20.83, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0138 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.053 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1883, 49.6742, 36.0558)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD96 #9698BF

analogous

#BFA996 #BFBD96 #ADBF96

triadic

#BFBD96 #96BFBD #BD96BF

tetradic

#BFBD96 #96BFA9 #9698BF #BF96AD

square

#BFBD96 #96BFA9 #9698BF #BF96AD

split-complementary

#BFBD96 #96ADBF #A996BF

monochromatic

#888553 #A8A570 #BFBD96 #D6D5BC #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BFBD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD96

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD96	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.053 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b5',
    500: '#bfbd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd96;
$custom-light: #d2d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78994,
    "c": 0.05286,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD96

secondary

#D2D2DF

accent

#47A343

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD96

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

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