#BFBD99#BFBD99

#BFBD99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.049 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD99
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -5.30, 18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 19.25, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0125 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.049 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4330, 49.7720, 37.3444)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD99 #999BBF

analogous

#BFAA99 #BFBD99 #AEBF99

triadic

#BFBD99 #99BFBD #BD99BF

tetradic

#BFBD99 #99BFAA #999BBF #BF99AE

square

#BFBD99 #99BFAA #999BBF #BF99AE

split-complementary

#BFBD99 #99AEBF #AA99BF

monochromatic

#888555 #A7A573 #BFBD99 #D7D5BF #EEEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BFBD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD99

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD99	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.049 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b7',
    500: '#bfbd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd99;
$custom-light: #d2d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79061,
    "c": 0.04893,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD99

secondary

#D4D5E0

accent

#49A144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD99

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

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