#BFB169#BFB169

#BFB169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.094 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB169
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 45%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -5.03, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 38.85, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.014 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.094 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7588, 43.5419, 19.6720)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB169 #6977BF

analogous

#BF8669 #BFB169 #A2BF69

triadic

#BFB169 #69BFB1 #B169BF

tetradic

#BFB169 #69BF86 #6977BF #BF69A2

square

#BFB169 #69BF86 #6977BF #BF69A2

split-complementary

#BFB169 #69A2BF #8669BF

monochromatic

#7A6E34 #A59546 #BFB169 #D1C794 #E4DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BFB169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB169

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB169	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.094 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c895',
    500: '#bfb169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb169;
$custom-light: #d4c895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 40.187,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75622,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB169

secondary

#B1B6D3

accent

#6BD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB169

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

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