#BFBF9F#BFBF9F

#BFBF9F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.044 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF9F
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 159)
HSL	hsl(60, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -5.44, 16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 17.08, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.013 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.044 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3742, 50.8416, 40.1646)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF9F #9F9FBF

analogous

#BFAF9F #BFBF9F #AFBF9F

triadic

#BFBF9F #9FBFBF #BF9FBF

tetradic

#BFBF9F #9FBFAF #9F9FBF #BF9FAF

square

#BFBF9F #9FBFAF #9F9FBF #BF9FAF

split-complementary

#BFBF9F #9FAFBF #AF9FBF

monochromatic

#89895B #A7A77A #BFBF9F #D7D7C4 #F0F0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BFBF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BFBF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF9F

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF9F	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.044 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d2bb',
    500: '#bfbf9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf9f;
$custom-light: #d2d2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79619,
    "c": 0.04359,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF9F

secondary

#6F6F93

accent

#479E47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF9F

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

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