#BFBA79#BFBA79

#BFBA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.085 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA79
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -8.00, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 34.55, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0213 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.085 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4965, 47.5756, 25.0298)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA79 #797EBF

analogous

#BF9779 #BFBA79 #A1BF79

triadic

#BFBA79 #79BFBA #BA79BF

tetradic

#BFBA79 #79BF97 #797EBF #BF79A1

square

#BFBA79 #79BF97 #797EBF #BF79A1

split-complementary

#BFBA79 #79A1BF #9779BF

monochromatic

#807C3D #AAA351 #BFBA79 #D3CFA2 #E7E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BFBA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BFBA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA79

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA79	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.085 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cea0',
    500: '#bfba79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba79;
$custom-light: #d3cea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77786,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA79

secondary

#BDBFD7

accent

#40AE37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA79

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

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