#BFB17B#BFB17B

#BFB17B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.073 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB17B
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 123)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 35.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -3.03, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 29.64, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0068 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.073 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7838, 43.9519, 25.0703)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB17B #7B89BF

analogous

#BF8F7B #BFB17B #ABBF7B

triadic

#BFB17B #7BBFB1 #B17BBF

tetradic

#BFB17B #7BBF8F #7B89BF #BF7BAB

square

#BFB17B #7BBF8F #7B89BF #BF7BAB

split-complementary

#BFB17B #7BABBF #8F7BBF

monochromatic

#81733F #AA9853 #BFB17B #D3C9A4 #E7E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB17B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BFB17B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB17B

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB17B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB17B	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAE77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb17b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.073 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c8a1',
    500: '#bfb17b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb17b;
$custom-light: #d3c8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb17b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75929,
    "c": 0.07347,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB17B

secondary

#BEC3D8

accent

#50AE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB17B

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

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