#BFBF9C#BFBF9C

#BFBF9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.048 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF9C
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 156)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -5.90, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 18.67, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0142 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.048 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1170, 50.7387, 38.8101)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF9C #9C9CBF

analogous

#BFAD9C #BFBF9C #ADBF9C

triadic

#BFBF9C #9CBFBF #BF9CBF

tetradic

#BFBF9C #9CBFAD #9C9CBF #BF9CAD

square

#BFBF9C #9CBFAD #9C9CBF #BF9CAD

split-complementary

#BFBF9C #9CADBF #AD9CBF

monochromatic

#888858 #A7A777 #BFBF9C #D7D7C1 #EFEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBF9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BFBF9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF9C

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF9C	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.048 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2b9',
    500: '#bfbf9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf9c;
$custom-light: #d2d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79549,
    "c": 0.04756,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF9C

secondary

#6C6C93

accent

#46A046

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF9C

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

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