#BFB379#BFB379

#BFB379 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.078 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB379
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -4.33, 31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 31.49, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0107 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.078 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0578, 44.6982, 24.5503)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB379 #7985BF

analogous

#BF9079 #BFB379 #A8BF79

triadic

#BFB379 #79BFB3 #B379BF

tetradic

#BFB379 #79BF90 #7985BF #BF79A8

square

#BFB379 #79BF90 #7985BF #BF79A8

split-complementary

#BFB379 #79A8BF #9079BF

monochromatic

#80753D #AA9B51 #BFB379 #D3CAA2 #E7E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFB379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BFB379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB379

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB379	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.078 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c9a0',
    500: '#bfb379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb379;
$custom-light: #d3c9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7631,
    "c": 0.07781,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB379

secondary

#BDC1D7

accent

#4CAE37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB379

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

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