#BFB372#BFB372

#BFB372 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.086 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB372
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -5.13, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 35.09, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0135 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.086 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6440, 44.5327, 22.3710)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB372 #727EBF

analogous

#BF8C72 #BFB372 #A5BF72

triadic

#BFB372 #72BFB3 #B372BF

tetradic

#BFB372 #72BF8C #727EBF #BF72A5

square

#BFB372 #72BF8C #727EBF #BF72A5

split-complementary

#BFB372 #72A5BF #8C72BF

monochromatic

#7E7339 #A8994C #BFB372 #D2CA9C #E5E0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BFB372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB372

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB372	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.086 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c99b',
    500: '#bfb372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb372;
$custom-light: #d3c99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.649,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76188,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB372

secondary

#B8BCD5

accent

#6CCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB372

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

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