#BFB36B#BFB36B

#BFB36B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.094 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB36B
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 107)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 44%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -5.88, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 38.65, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0163 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.094 100)
XYZ	xyz(40.2607, 44.3794, 20.3524)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB36B #6B77BF

analogous

#BF896B #BFB36B #A1BF6B

triadic

#BFB36B #6BBFB3 #B36BBF

tetradic

#BFB36B #6BBF89 #6B77BF #BF6BA1

square

#BFB36B #6BBF89 #6B77BF #BF6BA1

split-complementary

#BFB36B #6BA1BF #896BBF

monochromatic

#7B7135 #A59847 #BFB36B #D1C996 #E4DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BFB36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB36B

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB36B	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.094 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c996',
    500: '#bfb36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb36b;
$custom-light: #d4c996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76074,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.44378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB36B

secondary

#B2B7D4

accent

#69D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB36B

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

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