#BFBF97#BFBF97

#BFBF97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.054 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF97
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -6.65, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 21.31, 108.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0163 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.054 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7023, 50.5729, 36.6261)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF97 #9797BF

analogous

#BFAB97 #BFBF97 #ABBF97

triadic

#BFBF97 #97BFBF #BF97BF

tetradic

#BFBF97 #97BFAB #9797BF #BF97AB

square

#BFBF97 #97BFAB #9797BF #BF97AB

split-complementary

#BFBF97 #97ABBF #AB97BF

monochromatic

#888854 #A8A871 #BFBF97 #D6D6BD #EEEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BFBF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF97

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF97	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)

#C6BC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.054 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2b5',
    500: '#bfbf97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf97;
$custom-light: #d2d2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79436,
    "c": 0.0541,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF97

secondary

#686892

accent

#43A243

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF97

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

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