#BFBD74#BFBD74

#BFBD74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.095 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD74
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 39.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -10.12, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 38.49, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0277 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.095 107)
XYZ	xyz(42.8365, 48.7334, 23.6696)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD74 #7476BF

analogous

#BF9774 #BFBD74 #9BBF74

triadic

#BFBD74 #74BFBD #BD74BF

tetradic

#BFBD74 #74BF97 #7476BF #BF749B

square

#BFBD74 #74BF97 #7476BF #BF749B

split-complementary

#BFBD74 #749BBF #9774BF

monochromatic

#7E7D3A #A8A64D #BFBD74 #D2D19E #E6E5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BFBD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD74

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD74	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.095 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d09d',
    500: '#bfbd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd74;
$custom-light: #d3d09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7834,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.48733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD74

secondary

#B9BAD6

accent

#39B036

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD74

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

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