#BFB36F#BFB36F

#BFB36F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.089 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB36F
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 111)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 41.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -5.46, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 36.62, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0147 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.089 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4761, 44.4655, 21.4864)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB36F #6F7BBF

analogous

#BF8B6F #BFB36F #A3BF6F

triadic

#BFB36F #6FBFB3 #B36FBF

tetradic

#BFB36F #6FBF8B #6F7BBF #BF6FA3

square

#BFB36F #6FBF8B #6F7BBF #BF6FA3

split-complementary

#BFB36F #6FA3BF #8B6FBF

monochromatic

#7C7237 #A7994A #BFB36F #D2C999 #E5E0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BFB36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB36F

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB36F	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.089 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c999',
    500: '#bfb36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb36f;
$custom-light: #d4c999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76138,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB36F

secondary

#B5BAD5

accent

#6BCE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB36F

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

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