#BFB265#BFB265

#BFB265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.099 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB265
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 47.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -5.95, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 41.25, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0171 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.099 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7563, 43.8581, 18.6807)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB265 #6572BF

analogous

#BF8565 #BFB265 #9FBF65

triadic

#BFB265 #65BFB2 #B265BF

tetradic

#BFB265 #65BF85 #6572BF #BF659F

square

#BFB265 #65BF85 #6572BF #BF659F

split-complementary

#BFB265 #659FBF #8565BF

monochromatic

#786E32 #A39544 #BFB265 #D1C890 #E3DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BFB265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB265

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB265	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.099 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c892',
    500: '#bfb265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb265;
$custom-light: #d4c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.333,
    "s": 41.284,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.09938,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB265

secondary

#AEB3D2

accent

#68D157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB265

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

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