#BFB16B#BFB16B

#BFB16B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.092 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB16B
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 44%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -4.83, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 37.84, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0133 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.092 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8628, 43.5835, 20.2197)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB16B #6B79BF

analogous

#BF876B #BFB16B #A3BF6B

triadic

#BFB16B #6BBFB1 #B16BBF

tetradic

#BFB16B #6BBF87 #6B79BF #BF6BA3

square

#BFB16B #6BBF87 #6B79BF #BF6BA3

split-complementary

#BFB16B #6BA3BF #876BBF

monochromatic

#7B6F35 #A59647 #BFB16B #D1C896 #E4DEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BFB16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB16B

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB16B	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.092 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c896',
    500: '#bfb16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb16b;
$custom-light: #d4c896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75653,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB16B

secondary

#B2B8D4

accent

#6CD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB16B

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

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