#BFBE8A

sRGB: 191 / 190 / 138

Ancient mountains reshape eternity
Restless constellations transcend the boundaries of time
Golden visions illuminate hidden worlds

#BFBE8A belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 191 red, 190 green and 138 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 58.9° lands in the yellow region. Its 29.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 64.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.95:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 191, 190, 138
HSL: 58.87°, 29.28%, 64.51%
HSV / HSB: 58.87°, 27.75%, 74.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.52%, 27.75%, 25.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 44.485, 49.738, 31.303
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 75.908, -7.950, 26.473
WCAG relative luminance: 0.49738
24-bit decimal: 12566154

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #BFBE8A in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.95:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.92:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#8A8BBF sits half a turn (180°) from #BFBE8A on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#BFBE8A #8A8BBF

Analogous

#BFA48A and #A5BF8A sit 30° to either side of #BFBE8A. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#BFA48A #BFBE8A #A5BF8A

Triadic

#BFBE8A, #8ABFBE and #BE8ABF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#BFBE8A #8ABFBE #BE8ABF

Split complementary

Start at #BFBE8A and look across the wheel. #8AA5BF and #A48ABF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#BFBE8A #8AA5BF #A48ABF

Square

Starting with #BFBE8A, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #8ABFA4, #8A8BBF, then #BF8AA5. Across the square, #BFBE8A pairs with #8A8BBF, and #8ABFA4 with #BF8AA5.

#BFBE8A #8ABFA4 #8A8BBF #BF8AA5

Tetradic

#BFBE8A and #8A8BBF are opposites, as are #8BBF8A and #BE8ABF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#BFBE8A #8BBF8A #8A8BBF #BE8ABF

Tints

Mixing #BFBE8A with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCCBA1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F2F2E8, the mixture is 80% white.

#BFBE8A #CCCBA1 #D9D8B9 #E5E5D0 #F2F2E8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #BFBE8A with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #99986E, keeps 80% of the original. By #26261C, the mixture is 80% black.

#BFBE8A #99986E #737253 #4C4C37 #26261C #000000

Tones

Mixing #BFBE8A with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2B288, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D8C82, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#BFBE8A #B2B288 #A6A586 #999984 #8D8C82 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#BFBE8A

RGB

rgb(191 190 138)

HSL

hsl(58.868 29.282% 64.510%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #BFBE8A;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#BFBE8A uses 191 red, 190 green and 138 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 74.9%

Green 74.5%

Blue 54.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #BFBE8A is 0.0% cyan, 0.5% magenta, 27.7% yellow and 25.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.5%

Yellow 27.7%

Black 25.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBBB88. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BB8 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #BFBE8A when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBBB88 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#BFBE8A #B6B693 #ADAD9C #A5A5A5 #9C9CAD #9394B6 #8A8BBF

Color vision previews

Compare how #BFBE8A appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C7BA87

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C8BC8C

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#C7B7B0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C4BB88

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C5BD8B

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C1BC99

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BBBBBB

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BDBDA5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.52100 G 0.51492 B 0.25415

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.74833 G 0.74523 B 0.56350

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.51992 G 0.51512 B 0.27759

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.354 y 0.396 Y 49.738

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 25.098 M % 25.490 Y % 45.882

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111111 10111110 10001010