#BFBE8F#BFBE8F

#BFBE8F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.063 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE8F
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 143)
HSL	hsl(59, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 25.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -7.27, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 25.02, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0182 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.063 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8572, 49.8871, 33.2474)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE8F #8F90BF

analogous

#BFA68F #BFBE8F #A8BF8F

triadic

#BFBE8F #8FBFBE #BE8FBF

tetradic

#BFBE8F #8FBFA6 #8F90BF #BF8FA8

square

#BFBE8F #8FBFA6 #8F90BF #BF8FA8

split-complementary

#BFBE8F #8FA8BF #A68FBF

monochromatic

#87854D #A9A768 #BFBE8F #D5D5B6 #ECEBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BFBE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE8F

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE8F	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)

#C6BA8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.063 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1b0',
    500: '#bfbe8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe8f;
$custom-light: #d2d1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79053,
    "c": 0.06314,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE8F

secondary

#CDCDDD

accent

#42A640

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#141410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE8F

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

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