#BFBE6D#BFBE6D

#BFBE6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.104 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE6D
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 109)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 42.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -11.39, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 42.46, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0319 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.104 108)
XYZ	xyz(42.6604, 49.0084, 21.6773)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE6D #6D6EBF

analogous

#BF956D #BFBE6D #97BF6D

triadic

#BFBE6D #6DBFBE #BE6DBF

tetradic

#BFBE6D #6DBF95 #6D6EBF #BF6D97

square

#BFBE6D #6DBF95 #6D6EBF #BF6D97

split-complementary

#BFBE6D #6D97BF #956DBF

monochromatic

#7B7B36 #A6A549 #BFBE6D #D2D198 #E4E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BFBE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE6D

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE6D	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.104 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d198',
    500: '#bfbe6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe6d;
$custom-light: #d4d198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.268,
    "s": 39.048,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78444,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.49007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE6D

secondary

#B4B4D4

accent

#5ACF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE6D

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

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