#BFBD9D#BFBD9D

#BFBD9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.044 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD9D
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -4.70, 16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 17.12, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0109 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.044 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7689, 49.9064, 39.1135)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD9D #9D9FBF

analogous

#BFAC9D #BFBD9D #B0BF9D

triadic

#BFBD9D #9DBFBD #BD9DBF

tetradic

#BFBD9D #9DBFAC #9D9FBF #BF9DB0

square

#BFBD9D #9DBFAC #9D9FBF #BF9DB0

split-complementary

#BFBD9D #9DB0BF #AC9DBF

monochromatic

#888659 #A7A478 #BFBD9D #D7D6C2 #EFEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BFBD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD9D

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD9D	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.044 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d0ba',
    500: '#bfbd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd9d;
$custom-light: #d2d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79154,
    "c": 0.04366,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD9D

secondary

#D7D7E1

accent

#4B9F46

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD9D

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

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