#BFBF8B#BFBF8B

#BFBF8B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.069 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF8B
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 139)
HSL	hsl(60, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -8.33, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 27.61, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0213 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.069 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7769, 50.2027, 31.7524)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF8B #8B8BBF

analogous

#BFA58B #BFBF8B #A5BF8B

triadic

#BFBF8B #8BBFBF #BF8BBF

tetradic

#BFBF8B #8BBFA5 #8B8BBF #BF8BA5

square

#BFBF8B #8BBFA5 #8B8BBF #BF8BA5

split-complementary

#BFBF8B #8BA5BF #A58BBF

monochromatic

#86864A #A9A964 #BFBF8B #D5D5B2 #EBEBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BFBF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BFBF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF8B

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF8B	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)

#C8BB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.069 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d2ad',
    500: '#bfbf8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf8b;
$custom-light: #d3d2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79183,
    "c": 0.06947,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF8B

secondary

#5F5F8F

accent

#3EA83E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF8B

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

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