#BFB173#BFB173

#BFB173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.083 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB173
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 115)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 39.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -3.96, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 33.76, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0101 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.083 97)
XYZ	xyz(40.3033, 43.7597, 22.5398)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB173 #7381BF

analogous

#BF8B73 #BFB173 #A7BF73

triadic

#BFB173 #73BFB1 #B173BF

tetradic

#BFB173 #73BF8B #7381BF #BF73A7

square

#BFB173 #73BF8B #7381BF #BF73A7

split-complementary

#BFB173 #73A7BF #8B73BF

monochromatic

#7E713A #A8974D #BFB173 #D2C89D #E5E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BFB173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB173

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB173	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)

#BDAE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.083 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c89c',
    500: '#bfb173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb173;
$custom-light: #d3c89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75785,
    "c": 0.08285,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.43758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB173

secondary

#B8BED6

accent

#70CD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB173

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

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