#BFBD83#BFBD83

#BFBD83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.077 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD83
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 131)
HSL	hsl(58, 32%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 31%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 31.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -8.34, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 30.80, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0217 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.077 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7805, 49.1110, 28.6414)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD83 #8385BF

analogous

#BF9F83 #BFBD83 #A3BF83

triadic

#BFBD83 #83BFBD #BD83BF

tetradic

#BFBD83 #83BF9F #8385BF #BF83A3

square

#BFBD83 #83BF9F #8385BF #BF83A3

split-complementary

#BFBD83 #83A3BF #9F83BF

monochromatic

#848244 #AAA85B #BFBD83 #D4D2AB #E9E8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BFBD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD83

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD83	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BB85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.077 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d0a7',
    500: '#bfbd83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd83;
$custom-light: #d3d0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78603,
    "c": 0.07691,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD83

secondary

#C4C5DA

accent

#3FAB3B

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD83

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

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