#BFBD9B#BFBD9B

#BFBD9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.046 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD9B
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 155)
HSL	hsl(57, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -5.00, 17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 18.19, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0117 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.046 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5995, 49.8387, 38.2216)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD9B #9B9DBF

analogous

#BFAB9B #BFBD9B #AFBF9B

triadic

#BFBD9B #9BBFBD #BD9BBF

tetradic

#BFBD9B #9BBFAB #9B9DBF #BF9BAF

square

#BFBD9B #9BBFAB #9B9DBF #BF9BAF

split-complementary

#BFBD9B #9BAFBF #AB9BBF

monochromatic

#888657 #A7A476 #BFBD9B #D7D6C0 #EFEEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBD9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BFBD9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD9B

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD9B	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.046 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0b8',
    500: '#bfbd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd9b;
$custom-light: #d2d0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79107,
    "c": 0.0463,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD9B

secondary

#D5D6E0

accent

#4AA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD9B

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

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