#BFBA78#BFBA78

#BFBA78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.087 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA78
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 120)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -8.11, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 35.07, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0217 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.087 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4355, 47.5512, 24.7085)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA78 #787DBF

analogous

#BF9678 #BFBA78 #A0BF78

triadic

#BFBA78 #78BFBA #BA78BF

tetradic

#BFBA78 #78BF96 #787DBF #BF78A0

square

#BFBA78 #78BF96 #787DBF #BF78A0

split-complementary

#BFBA78 #78A0BF #9678BF

monochromatic

#807B3D #A9A350 #BFBA78 #D3CFA2 #E6E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BFBA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BFBA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA78

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA78	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.087 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cea0',
    500: '#bfba78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba78;
$custom-light: #d3cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77769,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA78

secondary

#BCBED7

accent

#3FAF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA78

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

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