#BFBE97#BFBE97

#BFBE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.053 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE97
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -6.12, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 20.81, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0148 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.053 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4850, 50.1382, 36.5537)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE97 #9798BF

analogous

#BFAA97 #BFBE97 #ACBF97

triadic

#BFBE97 #97BFBE #BE97BF

tetradic

#BFBE97 #97BFAA #9798BF #BF97AC

square

#BFBE97 #97BFAA #9798BF #BF97AC

split-complementary

#BFBE97 #97ACBF #AA97BF

monochromatic

#888754 #A8A671 #BFBE97 #D6D6BD #EEEDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BFBE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE97

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE97	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.053 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1b5',
    500: '#bfbe97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe97;
$custom-light: #d2d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79226,
    "c": 0.05282,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE97

secondary

#686992

accent

#46A243

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE97

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

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