#BFB162#BFB162

#BFB162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.102 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB162
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 48.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -5.72, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 42.35, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0167 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.102 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4137, 43.4039, 17.8545)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB162 #6270BF

analogous

#BF8362 #BFB162 #9FBF62

triadic

#BFB162 #62BFB1 #B162BF

tetradic

#BFB162 #62BF83 #6270BF #BF629F

square

#BFB162 #62BF83 #6270BF #BF629F

split-complementary

#BFB162 #629FBF #8362BF

monochromatic

#766C30 #A29342 #BFB162 #D1C78D #E2DCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BFB162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB162

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB162	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)

#BEAD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.102 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c890',
    500: '#bfb162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb162;
$custom-light: #d4c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 42.081,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75518,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB162

secondary

#ABB1D1

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB162

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

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