#BFB36C#BFB36C

#BFB36C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.093 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB36C
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 108)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 43.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -5.77, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 38.15, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0159 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.093 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3137, 44.4005, 20.6310)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB36C #6C78BF

analogous

#BF896C #BFB36C #A1BF6C

triadic

#BFB36C #6CBFB3 #B36CBF

tetradic

#BFB36C #6CBF89 #6C78BF #BF6CA1

square

#BFB36C #6CBF89 #6C78BF #BF6CA1

split-complementary

#BFB36C #6CA1BF #896CBF

monochromatic

#7B7136 #A69848 #BFB36C #D2C997 #E4DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BFB36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB36C

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB36C	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)

#BFAF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.093 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c997',
    500: '#bfb36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb36c;
$custom-light: #d4c997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.325,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7609,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB36C

secondary

#B3B8D4

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB36C

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

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