#BFB161#BFB161

#BFB161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.103 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB161
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 49.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -5.81, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 42.84, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0171 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.103 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3668, 43.3851, 17.6074)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB161 #616FBF

analogous

#BF8261 #BFB161 #9EBF61

triadic

#BFB161 #61BFB1 #B161BF

tetradic

#BFB161 #61BF82 #616FBF #BF619E

square

#BFB161 #61BF82 #616FBF #BF619E

split-complementary

#BFB161 #619EBF #8261BF

monochromatic

#766B30 #A19341 #BFB161 #D1C78D #E2DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BFB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB161

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB161	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.103 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c890',
    500: '#bfb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb161;
$custom-light: #d4c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 42.342,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75504,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB161

secondary

#ABB0D1

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB161

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

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