#BFBE8D#BFBE8D

#BFBE8D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.066 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE8D
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 26.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -7.54, 24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 26.07, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.019 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.066 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7071, 49.8270, 32.4566)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE8D #8D8EBF

analogous

#BFA58D #BFBE8D #A7BF8D

triadic

#BFBE8D #8DBFBE #BE8DBF

tetradic

#BFBE8D #8DBFA5 #8D8EBF #BF8DA7

square

#BFBE8D #8DBFA5 #8D8EBF #BF8DA7

split-complementary

#BFBE8D #8DA7BF #A58DBF

monochromatic

#86854B #A9A866 #BFBE8D #D5D4B4 #EBEBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BFBE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE8D

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE8D	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#C6BA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.066 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d1ae',
    500: '#bfbe8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe8d;
$custom-light: #d3d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 28.09,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79012,
    "c": 0.06567,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE8D

secondary

#CBCCDC

accent

#41A73F

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE8D

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

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