#BFBF8A#BFBF8A

#BFBF8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.071 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF8A
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -8.47, 26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 28.14, 107.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0217 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.071 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7042, 50.1736, 31.3693)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF8A #8A8ABF

analogous

#BFA58A #BFBF8A #A5BF8A

triadic

#BFBF8A #8ABFBF #BF8ABF

tetradic

#BFBF8A #8ABFA5 #8A8ABF #BF8AA5

square

#BFBF8A #8ABFA5 #8A8ABF #BF8AA5

split-complementary

#BFBF8A #8AA5BF #A58ABF

monochromatic

#868649 #A9A962 #BFBF8A #D5D5B2 #EAEAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BFBF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF8A

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF8A	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)

#C8BB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.071 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d2ac',
    500: '#bfbf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf8a;
$custom-light: #d3d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79163,
    "c": 0.07072,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF8A

secondary

#5E5E8F

accent

#3EA83E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF8A

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

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