#BFBF9E#BFBF9E

#BFBF9E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.045 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF9E
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -5.59, 16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 17.61, 108.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0134 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.045 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2878, 50.8070, 39.7094)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF9E #9E9EBF

analogous

#BFAE9E #BFBF9E #AEBF9E

triadic

#BFBF9E #9EBFBF #BF9EBF

tetradic

#BFBF9E #9EBFAE #9E9EBF #BF9EAE

square

#BFBF9E #9EBFAE #9E9EBF #BF9EAE

split-complementary

#BFBF9E #9EAEBF #AE9EBF

monochromatic

#89895A #A7A779 #BFBF9E #D7D7C3 #F0F0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BFBF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF9E

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF9E	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BE9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.045 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2ba',
    500: '#bfbf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf9e;
$custom-light: #d2d2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79595,
    "c": 0.04492,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF9E

secondary

#6E6E93

accent

#479F47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF9E

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

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