#BFBD6E#BFBD6E

#BFBD6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.101 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD6E
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 42.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -10.77, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 41.50, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0301 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.101 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4987, 48.5983, 21.8905)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD6E #6E70BF

analogous

#BF956E #BFBD6E #99BF6E

triadic

#BFBD6E #6EBFBD #BD6EBF

tetradic

#BFBD6E #6EBF95 #6E70BF #BF6E99

square

#BFBD6E #6EBF95 #6E70BF #BF6E99

split-complementary

#BFBD6E #6E99BF #956EBF

monochromatic

#7C7A37 #A6A449 #BFBD6E #D2D098 #E4E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBD6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFBD6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD6E

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD6E	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)

#C9B768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.101 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d099',
    500: '#bfbd6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd6e;
$custom-light: #d4d099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 38.756,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78245,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD6E

secondary

#B5B5D4

accent

#5CCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD6E

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

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