#BFBE99#BFBE99

#BFBE99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.050 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE99
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -5.83, 18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 19.75, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.014 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.05 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6488, 50.2037, 37.4163)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE99 #999ABF

analogous

#BFAB99 #BFBE99 #ADBF99

triadic

#BFBE99 #99BFBE #BE99BF

tetradic

#BFBE99 #99BFAB #999ABF #BF99AD

square

#BFBE99 #99BFAB #999ABF #BF99AD

split-complementary

#BFBE99 #99ADBF #AB99BF

monochromatic

#888755 #A7A673 #BFBE99 #D7D6BF #EEEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BFBE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE99

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE99	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.050 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d1b7',
    500: '#bfbe99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe99;
$custom-light: #d2d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79271,
    "c": 0.0502,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE99

secondary

#6A6B92

accent

#47A144

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE99

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

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