#BFBD6F#BFBD6F

#BFBD6F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.100 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD6F
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 111)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 41.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -10.66, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 41.00, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0297 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.1 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5534, 48.6202, 22.1789)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD6F #6F71BF

analogous

#BF956F #BFBD6F #99BF6F

triadic

#BFBD6F #6FBFBD #BD6FBF

tetradic

#BFBD6F #6FBF95 #6F71BF #BF6F99

square

#BFBD6F #6FBF95 #6F71BF #BF6F99

split-complementary

#BFBD6F #6F99BF #956FBF

monochromatic

#7C7B37 #A7A44A #BFBD6F #D2D099 #E5E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBD6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFBD6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD6F

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD6F	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)

#C9B769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.100 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d099',
    500: '#bfbd6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd6f;
$custom-light: #d4d099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78261,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD6F

secondary

#B5B6D5

accent

#5CCE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD6F

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

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