#BFBD97#BFBD97

#BFBD97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.052 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD97
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -5.60, 19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 20.31, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0134 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.052 105)
XYZ	xyz(45.2692, 49.7065, 36.4817)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD97 #9799BF

analogous

#BFA997 #BFBD97 #ADBF97

triadic

#BFBD97 #97BFBD #BD97BF

tetradic

#BFBD97 #97BFA9 #9799BF #BF97AD

square

#BFBD97 #97BFA9 #9799BF #BF97AD

split-complementary

#BFBD97 #97ADBF #A997BF

monochromatic

#888554 #A8A571 #BFBD97 #D6D5BD #EEEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BFBD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD97

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD97	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.052 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b5',
    500: '#bfbd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd97;
$custom-light: #d2d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79016,
    "c": 0.05155,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.49706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD97

secondary

#D3D3DF

accent

#48A243

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD97

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

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