#BFBA6D#BFBA6D

#BFBA6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.099 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA6D
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 42.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -9.32, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 40.64, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.026 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.099 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8059, 47.2994, 21.3925)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA6D #6D72BF

analogous

#BF916D #BFBA6D #9BBF6D

triadic

#BFBA6D #6DBFBA #BA6DBF

tetradic

#BFBA6D #6DBF91 #6D72BF #BF6D9B

square

#BFBA6D #6DBF91 #6D72BF #BF6D9B

split-complementary

#BFBA6D #6D9BBF #916DBF

monochromatic

#7B7736 #A6A049 #BFBA6D #D2CE98 #E4E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFBA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BFBA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA6D

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA6D	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.099 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce98',
    500: '#bfba6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba6d;
$custom-light: #d4ce98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 39.048,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA6D

secondary

#B4B6D4

accent

#60CF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA6D

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

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