#BFB16C#BFB16C

#BFB16C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.091 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB16C
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 43.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -4.72, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 37.33, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0129 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.091 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9157, 43.6047, 20.4984)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB16C #6C7ABF

analogous

#BF876C #BFB16C #A3BF6C

triadic

#BFB16C #6CBFB1 #B16CBF

tetradic

#BFB16C #6CBF87 #6C7ABF #BF6CA3

square

#BFB16C #6CBF87 #6C7ABF #BF6CA3

split-complementary

#BFB16C #6CA3BF #876CBF

monochromatic

#7B6F36 #A69648 #BFB16C #D2C897 #E4DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BFB16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB16C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB16C	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)

#BDAD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.091 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c897',
    500: '#bfb16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb16c;
$custom-light: #d4c897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.88,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75669,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB16C

secondary

#B3B9D4

accent

#6DCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB16C

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

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