#BFBA5E#BFBA5E

#BFBA5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA5E
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -10.76, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 47.99, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0316 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.115 106)
XYZ	xyz(41.0662, 47.0035, 17.4968)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA5E #5E63BF

analogous

#BF895E #BFBA5E #93BF5E

triadic

#BFBA5E #5EBFBA #BA5EBF

tetradic

#BFBA5E #5EBF89 #5E63BF #BF5E93

square

#BFBA5E #5EBF89 #5E63BF #BF5E93

split-complementary

#BFBA5E #5E93BF #895EBF

monochromatic

#74712E #A09B40 #BFBA5E #D0CD8A #E2E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BFBA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BFBA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA5E

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA5E	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce8e',
    500: '#bfba5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba5e;
$custom-light: #d4ce8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.907,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77378,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.47002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA5E

secondary

#A8AAD0

accent

#5BD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA5E

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

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