#BFBD7B#BFBD7B

#BFBD7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.087 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD7B
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 123)
HSL	hsl(58, 35%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 35.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -9.32, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 34.92, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0249 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.087 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2591, 48.9025, 25.8954)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD7B #7B7DBF

analogous

#BF9B7B #BFBD7B #9FBF7B

triadic

#BFBD7B #7BBFBD #BD7BBF

tetradic

#BFBD7B #7BBF9B #7B7DBF #BF7B9F

square

#BFBD7B #7BBF9B #7B7DBF #BF7B9F

split-complementary

#BFBD7B #7B9FBF #9B7BBF

monochromatic

#817F3F #AAA853 #BFBD7B #D3D2A4 #E7E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBD7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BFBD7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD7B

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD7B	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.087 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0a2',
    500: '#bfbd7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd7b;
$custom-light: #d3d0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78458,
    "c": 0.08653,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD7B

secondary

#BEBFD8

accent

#3BAE38

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F3

border

#D3D2CD

text

#14140F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD7B

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

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