#BFBC79#BFBC79

#BFBC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.088 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC79
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -9.04, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 35.48, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0243 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.088 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9208, 48.4242, 25.1713)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC79 #797CBF

analogous

#BF9979 #BFBC79 #9FBF79

triadic

#BFBC79 #79BFBC #BC79BF

tetradic

#BFBC79 #79BF99 #797CBF #BF799F

square

#BFBC79 #79BF99 #797CBF #BF799F

split-complementary

#BFBC79 #799FBF #9979BF

monochromatic

#807D3D #AAA651 #BFBC79 #D3D1A2 #E7E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BFBC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC79

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC79	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)

#C7B774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.088 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0a0',
    500: '#bfbc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc79;
$custom-light: #d3d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78211,
    "c": 0.0877,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC79

secondary

#BDBED7

accent

#3CAE37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC79

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

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