#BFB277#BFB277

#BFB277 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.079 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB277
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 37.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -4.03, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 32.11, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.01 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.079 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7367, 44.2503, 23.8445)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB277 #7784BF

analogous

#BF8E77 #BFB277 #A8BF77

triadic

#BFB277 #77BFB2 #B277BF

tetradic

#BFB277 #77BF8E #7784BF #BF77A8

square

#BFB277 #77BF8E #7784BF #BF77A8

split-complementary

#BFB277 #77A8BF #8E77BF

monochromatic

#80733C #A99950 #BFB277 #D3CAA1 #E6E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BFB277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB277

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB277	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.079 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c89f',
    500: '#bfb277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb277;
$custom-light: #d3c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76065,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB277

secondary

#BBC0D7

accent

#4CAF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB277

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

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