#BFBE66#BFBE66

#BFBE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.111 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE66
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 46.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -12.08, 44.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 45.89, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0346 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.111 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2985, 48.8636, 19.7712)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE66 #6667BF

analogous

#BF9266 #BFBE66 #93BF66

triadic

#BFBE66 #66BFBE #BE66BF

tetradic

#BFBE66 #66BF92 #6667BF #BF6693

square

#BFBE66 #66BF92 #6667BF #BF6693

split-complementary

#BFBE66 #6693BF #9266BF

monochromatic

#787732 #A3A244 #BFBE66 #D1D091 #E3E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFBE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BFBE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE66

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE66	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)

#CBB85E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.111 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d193',
    500: '#bfbe66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe66;
$custom-light: #d4d193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.326,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78343,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE66

secondary

#AEAFD2

accent

#58D157

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE66

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

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