#BFBB79#BFBB79

#BFBB79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.087 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB79
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -8.52, 33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 35.01, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0228 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.087 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7079, 47.9984, 25.1003)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB79 #797DBF

analogous

#BF9879 #BFBB79 #A0BF79

triadic

#BFBB79 #79BFBB #BB79BF

tetradic

#BFBB79 #79BF98 #797DBF #BF79A0

square

#BFBB79 #79BF98 #797DBF #BF79A0

split-complementary

#BFBB79 #79A0BF #9879BF

monochromatic

#807C3D #AAA551 #BFBB79 #D3D0A2 #E7E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BFBB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB79

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB79	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.087 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cfa0',
    500: '#bfbb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb79;
$custom-light: #d3cfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB79

secondary

#BDBED7

accent

#3EAE37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB79

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

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