#BFBC73#BFBC73

#BFBC73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.095 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC73
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 115)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 39.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -9.71, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 38.53, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0266 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.095 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5643, 48.2816, 23.2934)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC73 #7376BF

analogous

#BF9673 #BFBC73 #9CBF73

triadic

#BFBC73 #73BFBC #BC73BF

tetradic

#BFBC73 #73BF96 #7376BF #BF739C

square

#BFBC73 #73BF96 #7376BF #BF739C

split-complementary

#BFBC73 #739CBF #9673BF

monochromatic

#7E7B3A #A8A44D #BFBC73 #D2D09D #E5E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BFBC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC73

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC73	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.095 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d09c',
    500: '#bfbc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc73;
$custom-light: #d3d09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7811,
    "c": 0.09464,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC73

secondary

#B8B9D6

accent

#5FCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC73

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

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