#BFB579#BFB579

#BFB579 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.080 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB579
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -5.38, 31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 32.33, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0137 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.08 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4616, 45.5057, 24.6849)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB579 #7983BF

analogous

#BF9279 #BFB579 #A6BF79

triadic

#BFB579 #79BFB5 #B579BF

tetradic

#BFB579 #79BF92 #7983BF #BF79A6

square

#BFB579 #79BF92 #7983BF #BF79A6

split-complementary

#BFB579 #79A6BF #9279BF

monochromatic

#80773D #AA9D51 #BFB579 #D3CCA2 #E7E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFB579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BFB579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB579

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB579	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.080 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cba0',
    500: '#bfb579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb579;
$custom-light: #d3cba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7673,
    "c": 0.07987,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB579

secondary

#BDC1D7

accent

#48AE37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB579

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

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