#BFB178#BFB178

#BFB178 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.077 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB178
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -3.39, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 31.19, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0081 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.077 96)
XYZ	xyz(40.5989, 43.8779, 24.0963)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB178 #7886BF

analogous

#BF8D78 #BFB178 #A9BF78

triadic

#BFB178 #78BFB1 #B178BF

tetradic

#BFB178 #78BF8D #7886BF #BF78A9

square

#BFB178 #78BF8D #7886BF #BF78A9

split-complementary

#BFB178 #78A9BF #8D78BF

monochromatic

#80733D #A99850 #BFB178 #D3C9A2 #E6E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BFB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB178

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB178	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.077 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c89f',
    500: '#bfb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb178;
$custom-light: #d3c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75874,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.43877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB178

secondary

#BCC1D7

accent

#4FAF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB178

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

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