#BFB166#BFB166

#BFB166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.097 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB166
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 46.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -5.33, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 40.36, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0152 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.097 99)
XYZ	xyz(39.6073, 43.4813, 18.8742)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB166 #6674BF

analogous

#BF8566 #BFB166 #A0BF66

triadic

#BFB166 #66BFB1 #B166BF

tetradic

#BFB166 #66BF85 #6674BF #BF66A0

square

#BFB166 #66BF85 #6674BF #BF66A0

split-complementary

#BFB166 #66A0BF #8566BF

monochromatic

#786D32 #A39444 #BFB166 #D1C791 #E3DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BFB166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB166

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB166	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.097 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c893',
    500: '#bfb166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb166;
$custom-light: #d4c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.562,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75576,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.4348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB166

secondary

#AEB4D2

accent

#6AD157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB166

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

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