#BFBD66#BFBD66

#BFBD66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.110 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD66
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 46.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -11.57, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 45.44, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0331 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.11 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0826, 48.4319, 19.6993)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD66 #6668BF

analogous

#BF9166 #BFBD66 #94BF66

triadic

#BFBD66 #66BFBD #BD66BF

tetradic

#BFBD66 #66BF91 #6668BF #BF6694

square

#BFBD66 #66BF91 #6668BF #BF6694

split-complementary

#BFBD66 #6694BF #9166BF

monochromatic

#787732 #A3A144 #BFBD66 #D1D091 #E3E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFBD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BFBD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD66

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD66	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB75F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.110 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d093',
    500: '#bfbd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd66;
$custom-light: #d4d093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.652,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78129,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD66

secondary

#AEAFD2

accent

#5AD157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD66

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

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