#BFBD5F#BFBD5F

#BFBD5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD5F
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 50.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -12.22, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 48.81, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0357 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.117 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7500, 48.2989, 17.9476)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD5F #5F61BF

analogous

#BF8D5F #BFBD5F #91BF5F

triadic

#BFBD5F #5FBFBD #BD5FBF

tetradic

#BFBD5F #5FBF8D #5F61BF #BF5F91

square

#BFBD5F #5FBF8D #5F61BF #BF5F91

split-complementary

#BFBD5F #5F91BF #8D5FBF

monochromatic

#75732F #A19F40 #BFBD5F #D0CF8B #E2E1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BFBD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD5F

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD5F	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)

#CAB756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08f',
    500: '#bfbd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd5f;
$custom-light: #d4d08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78035,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD5F

secondary

#A9AAD1

accent

#58D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD5F

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

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