#BFB16E#BFB16E

#BFB16E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.089 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB16E
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 42.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -4.51, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 36.32, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0121 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.089 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0234, 43.6477, 21.0654)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB16E #6E7CBF

analogous

#BF896E #BFB16E #A5BF6E

triadic

#BFB16E #6EBFB1 #B16EBF

tetradic

#BFB16E #6EBF89 #6E7CBF #BF6EA5

square

#BFB16E #6EBF89 #6E7CBF #BF6EA5

split-complementary

#BFB16E #6EA5BF #896EBF

monochromatic

#7C7037 #A69649 #BFB16E #D2C898 #E4DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BFB16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB16E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB16E	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)

#BDAE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.089 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c898',
    500: '#bfb16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb16e;
$custom-light: #d4c898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 38.756,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75701,
    "c": 0.08855,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB16E

secondary

#B5BAD4

accent

#6DCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB16E

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

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