#BFB163#BFB163

#BFB163 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.101 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB163
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 48.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -5.62, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 41.85, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0163 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.101 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4612, 43.4229, 18.1048)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB163 #6371BF

analogous

#BF8363 #BFB163 #9FBF63

triadic

#BFB163 #63BFB1 #B163BF

tetradic

#BFB163 #63BF83 #6371BF #BF639F

square

#BFB163 #63BF83 #6371BF #BF639F

split-complementary

#BFB163 #639FBF #8363BF

monochromatic

#776C31 #A29443 #BFB163 #D1C78E #E3DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BFB163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB163

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB163	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)

#BEAD5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.101 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c891',
    500: '#bfb163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb163;
$custom-light: #d4c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75532,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB163

secondary

#ACB2D2

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB163

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

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