#BFBE96#BFBE96

#BFBE96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.054 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE96
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -6.27, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 21.33, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0153 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.054 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4041, 50.1059, 36.1278)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE96 #9697BF

analogous

#BFAA96 #BFBE96 #ACBF96

triadic

#BFBE96 #96BFBE #BE96BF

tetradic

#BFBE96 #96BFAA #9697BF #BF96AC

square

#BFBE96 #96BFAA #9697BF #BF96AC

split-complementary

#BFBE96 #96ACBF #AA96BF

monochromatic

#888753 #A8A670 #BFBE96 #D6D6BC #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BFBE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BFBE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE96

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE96	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.054 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1b5',
    500: '#bfbe96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe96;
$custom-light: #d2d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79204,
    "c": 0.05412,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE96

secondary

#676892

accent

#45A343

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE96

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

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