#BFBE8B#BFBE8B

#BFBE8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.068 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE8B
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -7.81, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 27.12, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0198 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.068 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5596, 49.7680, 31.6799)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE8B #8B8CBF

analogous

#BFA48B #BFBE8B #A6BF8B

triadic

#BFBE8B #8BBFBE #BE8BBF

tetradic

#BFBE8B #8BBFA4 #8B8CBF #BF8BA6

square

#BFBE8B #8BBFA4 #8B8CBF #BF8BA6

split-complementary

#BFBE8B #8BA6BF #A48BBF

monochromatic

#86854A #A9A864 #BFBE8B #D5D4B2 #EBEADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BFBE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE8B

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE8B	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)

#C7BA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.068 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d1ad',
    500: '#bfbe8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe8b;
$custom-light: #d3d1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78971,
    "c": 0.0682,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE8B

secondary

#CACADC

accent

#40A83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE8B

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

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