#BFBC5E#BFBC5E

#BFBC5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC5E
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -11.79, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 48.85, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0346 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.117 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4905, 47.8521, 17.6383)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC5E #5E61BF

analogous

#BF8B5E #BFBC5E #91BF5E

triadic

#BFBC5E #5EBFBC #BC5EBF

tetradic

#BFBC5E #5EBF8B #5E61BF #BF5E91

square

#BFBC5E #5EBF8B #5E61BF #BF5E91

split-complementary

#BFBC5E #5E91BF #8B5EBF

monochromatic

#74722E #A09D40 #BFBC5E #D0CE8A #E2E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BFBC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BFBC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC5E

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC5E	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)

#C9B655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08e',
    500: '#bfbc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc5e;
$custom-light: #d4d08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.144,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC5E

secondary

#A8AAD0

accent

#59D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC5E

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

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