#BFBB78#BFBB78

#BFBB78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.088 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB78
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -8.63, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 35.52, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0232 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.088 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6469, 47.9740, 24.7790)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB78 #787CBF

analogous

#BF9778 #BFBB78 #9FBF78

triadic

#BFBB78 #78BFBB #BB78BF

tetradic

#BFBB78 #78BF97 #787CBF #BF789F

square

#BFBB78 #78BF97 #787CBF #BF789F

split-complementary

#BFBB78 #789FBF #9778BF

monochromatic

#807C3D #A9A450 #BFBB78 #D3D0A2 #E6E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BFBB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB78

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB78	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.088 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cfa0',
    500: '#bfbb78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb78;
$custom-light: #d3cfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77981,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB78

secondary

#BCBED7

accent

#3EAF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB78

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

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