#BFB281#BFB281

#BFB281 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.067 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB281
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(47, 33%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 32.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -2.82, 26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 26.92, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0059 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.067 95)
XYZ	xyz(41.3692, 44.5033, 27.1754)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB281 #818EBF

analogous

#BF9381 #BFB281 #ADBF81

triadic

#BFB281 #81BFB2 #B281BF

tetradic

#BFB281 #81BF93 #818EBF #BF81AD

square

#BFB281 #81BF93 #818EBF #BF81AD

split-complementary

#BFB281 #81ADBF #9381BF

monochromatic

#837643 #AA9958 #BFB281 #D4CBAA #E8E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BFB281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB281

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB281	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.067 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c8a6',
    500: '#bfb281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb281;
$custom-light: #d3c8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 32.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76253,
    "c": 0.06721,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.44502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB281

secondary

#C3C7D9

accent

#52AB3A

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF8F4

border

#D3D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB281

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

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