#BFB279#BFB279

#BFB279 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.077 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB279
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -3.80, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 31.08, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0092 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.077 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8581, 44.2988, 24.4837)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB279 #7986BF

analogous

#BF8F79 #BFB279 #A9BF79

triadic

#BFB279 #79BFB2 #B279BF

tetradic

#BFB279 #79BF8F #7986BF #BF79A9

square

#BFB279 #79BF8F #7986BF #BF79A9

split-complementary

#BFB279 #79A9BF #8F79BF

monochromatic

#80743D #AA9951 #BFB279 #D3CAA2 #E7E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BFB279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB279

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB279	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAF75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.077 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c8a0',
    500: '#bfb279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb279;
$custom-light: #d3c8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76101,
    "c": 0.07681,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB279

secondary

#BDC2D7

accent

#4DAE37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB279

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

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