#BFB172#BFB172

#BFB172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.084 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB172
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -4.07, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 34.28, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0105 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.084 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2461, 43.7368, 22.2384)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB172 #7280BF

analogous

#BF8B72 #BFB172 #A7BF72

triadic

#BFB172 #72BFB1 #B172BF

tetradic

#BFB172 #72BF8B #7280BF #BF72A7

square

#BFB172 #72BF8B #7280BF #BF72A7

split-complementary

#BFB172 #72A7BF #8B72BF

monochromatic

#7E7139 #A8974C #BFB172 #D2C89C #E5E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BFB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB172

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB172	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.084 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c89b',
    500: '#bfb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb172;
$custom-light: #d3c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.084,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB172

secondary

#B8BDD5

accent

#6FCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB172

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

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