#BFB371#BFB371

#BFB371 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.087 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB371
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 113)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 40.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -5.24, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 35.60, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0139 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.087 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5874, 44.5100, 22.0729)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB371 #717DBF

analogous

#BF8C71 #BFB371 #A4BF71

triadic

#BFB371 #71BFB3 #B371BF

tetradic

#BFB371 #71BF8C #717DBF #BF71A4

square

#BFB371 #71BF8C #717DBF #BF71A4

split-complementary

#BFB371 #71A4BF #8C71BF

monochromatic

#7D7338 #A7994B #BFB371 #D2CA9B #E5E0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BFB371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB371

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB371	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)

#BFAF6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.087 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c99b',
    500: '#bfb371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb371;
$custom-light: #d3c99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76171,
    "c": 0.08712,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB371

secondary

#B7BBD5

accent

#6CCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB371

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

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