#BFB278#BFB278

#BFB278 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.078 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB278
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -3.92, 31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 31.59, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0096 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.078 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7971, 44.2744, 24.1624)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB278 #7885BF

analogous

#BF8E78 #BFB278 #A8BF78

triadic

#BFB278 #78BFB2 #B278BF

tetradic

#BFB278 #78BF8E #7885BF #BF78A8

square

#BFB278 #78BF8E #7885BF #BF78A8

split-complementary

#BFB278 #78A8BF #8E78BF

monochromatic

#80743D #A99950 #BFB278 #D3CAA2 #E6E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BFB278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB278

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB278	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)

#BDAF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.078 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c89f',
    500: '#bfb278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb278;
$custom-light: #d3c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76083,
    "c": 0.07799,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB278

secondary

#BCC1D7

accent

#4DAF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB278

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

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