#BFBD79#BFBD79

#BFBD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.089 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD79
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -9.55, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 35.95, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0257 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.089 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1352, 48.8529, 25.2427)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD79 #797BBF

analogous

#BF9A79 #BFBD79 #9EBF79

triadic

#BFBD79 #79BFBD #BD79BF

tetradic

#BFBD79 #79BF9A #797BBF #BF799E

square

#BFBD79 #79BF9A #797BBF #BF799E

split-complementary

#BFBD79 #799EBF #9A79BF

monochromatic

#807E3D #AAA751 #BFBD79 #D3D1A2 #E7E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BFBD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD79

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD79	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)

#C8B874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.089 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0a0',
    500: '#bfbd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd79;
$custom-light: #d3d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78423,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD79

secondary

#BDBED7

accent

#3BAE37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD79

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

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