#BFBB5A#BFBB5A

#BFBB5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.120 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB5A
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 52.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -11.62, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 50.31, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0345 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.12 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1028, 47.3564, 16.6464)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB5A #5A5EBF

analogous

#BF895A #BFBB5A #90BF5A

triadic

#BFBB5A #5ABFBB #BB5ABF

tetradic

#BFBB5A #5ABF89 #5A5EBF #BF5A90

square

#BFBB5A #5ABF89 #5A5EBF #BF5A90

split-complementary

#BFBB5A #5A90BF #895ABF

monochromatic

#72702C #9E9B3D #BFBB5A #D0CD86 #E1DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFBB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BFBB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB5A

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB5A	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.120 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf8b',
    500: '#bfbb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb5a;
$custom-light: #d4cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77543,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB5A

secondary

#A5A7D0

accent

#59D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB5A

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

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