#BFBF96#BFBF96

#BFBF96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.055 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF96
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -6.79, 20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 21.84, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0167 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.055 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6215, 50.5405, 36.2002)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF96 #9696BF

analogous

#BFAB96 #BFBF96 #ABBF96

triadic

#BFBF96 #96BFBF #BF96BF

tetradic

#BFBF96 #96BFAB #9696BF #BF96AB

square

#BFBF96 #96BFAB #9696BF #BF96AB

split-complementary

#BFBF96 #96ABBF #AB96BF

monochromatic

#888853 #A8A870 #BFBF96 #D6D6BC #EDEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BFBF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF96

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF96	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.055 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2b5',
    500: '#bfbf96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf96;
$custom-light: #d2d2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79414,
    "c": 0.05541,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF96

secondary

#676792

accent

#43A343

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF96

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

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