#BFBE8A#BFBE8A

#BFBE8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.069 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE8A
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -7.95, 26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 27.64, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0203 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.069 107)
XYZ	xyz(44.4869, 49.7390, 31.2969)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE8A #8A8BBF

analogous

#BFA48A #BFBE8A #A6BF8A

triadic

#BFBE8A #8ABFBE #BE8ABF

tetradic

#BFBE8A #8ABFA4 #8A8BBF #BF8AA6

square

#BFBE8A #8ABFA4 #8A8BBF #BF8AA6

split-complementary

#BFBE8A #8AA6BF #A48ABF

monochromatic

#868449 #A9A862 #BFBE8A #D5D4B2 #EAEAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BFBE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE8A

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE8A	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)

#C7BA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.069 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d1ac',
    500: '#bfbe8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe8a;
$custom-light: #d3d1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78951,
    "c": 0.06946,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.49738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE8A

secondary

#C9CADC

accent

#40A83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE8A

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

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