#BFBB72#BFBB72

#BFBB72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.095 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB72
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -9.31, 37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 38.58, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0256 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.095 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2941, 47.8329, 22.9210)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB72 #7276BF

analogous

#BF9572 #BFBB72 #9DBF72

triadic

#BFBB72 #72BFBB #BB72BF

tetradic

#BFBB72 #72BF95 #7276BF #BF729D

square

#BFBB72 #72BF95 #7276BF #BF729D

split-complementary

#BFBB72 #729DBF #9572BF

monochromatic

#7E7A39 #A8A34C #BFBB72 #D2CF9C #E5E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BFBB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB72

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB72	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.095 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf9b',
    500: '#bfbb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb72;
$custom-light: #d3cf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77881,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB72

secondary

#B8B9D5

accent

#60CE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB72

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

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