#BFB16D#BFB16D

#BFB16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.090 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB16D
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 42.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -4.62, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 36.83, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0125 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.09 98)
XYZ	xyz(39.9692, 43.6261, 20.7803)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB16D #6D7BBF

analogous

#BF886D #BFB16D #A4BF6D

triadic

#BFB16D #6DBFB1 #B16DBF

tetradic

#BFB16D #6DBF88 #6D7BBF #BF6DA4

square

#BFB16D #6DBF88 #6D7BBF #BF6DA4

split-complementary

#BFB16D #6DA4BF #886DBF

monochromatic

#7B7036 #A69649 #BFB16D #D2C898 #E4DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BFB16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB16D

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB16D	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.090 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c898',
    500: '#bfb16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb16d;
$custom-light: #d4c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 39.048,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.43625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB16D

secondary

#B4B9D4

accent

#6DCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB16D

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

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