#BFBF9D#BFBF9D

#BFBF9D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.046 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF9D
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -5.75, 17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 18.14, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0138 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.046 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2020, 50.7728, 39.2579)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF9D #9D9DBF

analogous

#BFAE9D #BFBF9D #AEBF9D

triadic

#BFBF9D #9DBFBF #BF9DBF

tetradic

#BFBF9D #9DBFAE #9D9DBF #BF9DAE

square

#BFBF9D #9DBFAE #9D9DBF #BF9DAE

split-complementary

#BFBF9D #9DAEBF #AE9DBF

monochromatic

#888859 #A7A778 #BFBF9D #D7D7C2 #EFEFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BFBF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF9D

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF9D	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)

#C5BC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.046 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2ba',
    500: '#bfbf9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf9d;
$custom-light: #d2d2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79572,
    "c": 0.04624,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF9D

secondary

#6D6D93

accent

#469F46

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF9D

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

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