#BFBF99#BFBF99

#BFBF99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.051 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF99
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -6.35, 19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 20.26, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0155 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.052 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8661, 50.6384, 37.4888)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF99 #9999BF

analogous

#BFAC99 #BFBF99 #ACBF99

triadic

#BFBF99 #99BFBF #BF99BF

tetradic

#BFBF99 #99BFAC #9999BF #BF99AC

square

#BFBF99 #99BFAC #9999BF #BF99AC

split-complementary

#BFBF99 #99ACBF #AC99BF

monochromatic

#888855 #A7A773 #BFBF99 #D7D7BF #EEEEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BFBF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BFBF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF99

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF99	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.051 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2b7',
    500: '#bfbf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf99;
$custom-light: #d2d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7948,
    "c": 0.0515,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF99

secondary

#6A6A92

accent

#44A144

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF99

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

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