#BFB165#BFB165

#BFB165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.098 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB165
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 47.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -5.43, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 40.86, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0156 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.098 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5580, 43.4616, 18.6146)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB165 #6573BF

analogous

#BF8465 #BFB165 #A0BF65

triadic

#BFB165 #65BFB1 #B165BF

tetradic

#BFB165 #65BF84 #6573BF #BF65A0

square

#BFB165 #65BF84 #6573BF #BF65A0

split-complementary

#BFB165 #65A0BF #8465BF

monochromatic

#786D32 #A39444 #BFB165 #D1C790 #E3DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BFB165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB165

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB165	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.098 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c892',
    500: '#bfb165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb165;
$custom-light: #d4c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75561,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB165

secondary

#AEB3D2

accent

#6AD157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB165

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

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