#BFB978#BFB978

#BFB978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.085 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB978
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -7.59, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 34.61, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0202 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.085 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2256, 47.1314, 24.6386)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB978 #787EBF

analogous

#BF9578 #BFB978 #A1BF78

triadic

#BFB978 #78BFB9 #B978BF

tetradic

#BFB978 #78BF95 #787EBF #BF78A1

square

#BFB978 #78BF95 #787EBF #BF78A1

split-complementary

#BFB978 #78A1BF #9578BF

monochromatic

#807A3D #A9A250 #BFB978 #D3CFA2 #E6E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BFB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB978

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB978	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.085 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cda0',
    500: '#bfb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb978;
$custom-light: #d3cda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77557,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB978

secondary

#BCBED7

accent

#41AF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB978

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

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