#BFBF9B#BFBF9B

#BFBF9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.049 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF9B
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 155)
HSL	hsl(60, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -6.05, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 19.20, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0147 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.049 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0327, 50.7050, 38.3660)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF9B #9B9BBF

analogous

#BFAD9B #BFBF9B #ADBF9B

triadic

#BFBF9B #9BBFBF #BF9BBF

tetradic

#BFBF9B #9BBFAD #9B9BBF #BF9BAD

square

#BFBF9B #9BBFAD #9B9BBF #BF9BAD

split-complementary

#BFBF9B #9BADBF #AD9BBF

monochromatic

#888857 #A7A776 #BFBF9B #D7D7C0 #EFEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BFBF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF9B

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF9B	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.049 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2b8',
    500: '#bfbf9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf9b;
$custom-light: #d2d2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79526,
    "c": 0.04887,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF9B

secondary

#6C6C93

accent

#45A045

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF9B

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

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