#BFBD78#BFBD78

#BFBD78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.090 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD78
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -9.67, 35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 36.46, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0261 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.09 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0742, 48.8285, 24.9214)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD78 #787ABF

analogous

#BF9978 #BFBD78 #9DBF78

triadic

#BFBD78 #78BFBD #BD78BF

tetradic

#BFBD78 #78BF99 #787ABF #BF789D

square

#BFBD78 #78BF99 #787ABF #BF789D

split-complementary

#BFBD78 #789DBF #9978BF

monochromatic

#807E3D #A9A750 #BFBD78 #D3D1A2 #E6E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BFBD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD78

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD78	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.090 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0a0',
    500: '#bfbd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd78;
$custom-light: #d3d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78406,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD78

secondary

#BCBDD7

accent

#3AAF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD78

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

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