#BFB272#BFB272

#BFB272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.085 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB272
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -4.60, 34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 34.68, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.012 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.085 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4443, 44.1333, 22.3044)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB272 #727FBF

analogous

#BF8C72 #BFB272 #A6BF72

triadic

#BFB272 #72BFB2 #B272BF

tetradic

#BFB272 #72BF8C #727FBF #BF72A6

square

#BFB272 #72BF8C #727FBF #BF72A6

split-complementary

#BFB272 #72A6BF #8C72BF

monochromatic

#7E7239 #A8984C #BFB272 #D2C99C #E5E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BFB272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB272

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB272	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.085 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c89b',
    500: '#bfb272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb272;
$custom-light: #d3c89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75978,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB272

secondary

#B8BDD5

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB272

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

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