#BFBC78#BFBC78

#BFBC78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.089 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC78
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -9.15, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 35.99, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0247 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.089 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8598, 48.3998, 24.8500)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC78 #787BBF

analogous

#BF9878 #BFBC78 #9EBF78

triadic

#BFBC78 #78BFBC #BC78BF

tetradic

#BFBC78 #78BF98 #787BBF #BF789E

square

#BFBC78 #78BF98 #787BBF #BF789E

split-complementary

#BFBC78 #789EBF #9878BF

monochromatic

#807D3D #A9A650 #BFBC78 #D3D1A2 #E6E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BFBC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC78

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC78	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.089 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0a0',
    500: '#bfbc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc78;
$custom-light: #d3d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78194,
    "c": 0.08888,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC78

secondary

#BCBDD7

accent

#3CAF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC78

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

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