#BFBD6D#BFBD6D

#BFBD6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.102 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD6D
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 109)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 42.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -10.87, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 42.00, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0305 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.103 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4445, 48.5767, 21.6054)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD6D #6D6FBF

analogous

#BF946D #BFBD6D #98BF6D

triadic

#BFBD6D #6DBFBD #BD6DBF

tetradic

#BFBD6D #6DBF94 #6D6FBF #BF6D98

square

#BFBD6D #6DBF94 #6D6FBF #BF6D98

split-complementary

#BFBD6D #6D98BF #946DBF

monochromatic

#7B7A36 #A6A449 #BFBD6D #D2D098 #E4E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFBD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD6D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD6D	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B767

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.102 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d098',
    500: '#bfbd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd6d;
$custom-light: #d4d098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 39.048,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7823,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD6D

secondary

#B4B5D4

accent

#5CCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD6D

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

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