#BFBD72#BFBD72

#BFBD72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.097 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD72
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -10.34, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 39.50, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0285 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.097 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7214, 48.6874, 23.0635)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD72 #7274BF

analogous

#BF9772 #BFBD72 #9ABF72

triadic

#BFBD72 #72BFBD #BD72BF

tetradic

#BFBD72 #72BF97 #7274BF #BF729A

square

#BFBD72 #72BF97 #7274BF #BF729A

split-complementary

#BFBD72 #729ABF #9772BF

monochromatic

#7E7C39 #A8A54C #BFBD72 #D2D19C #E5E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BFBD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD72

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD72	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.097 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d09c',
    500: '#bfbd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd72;
$custom-light: #d3d09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.442,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78308,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD72

secondary

#B8B8D5

accent

#5DCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD72

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

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