#BFBE6E#BFBE6E

#BFBE6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.103 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE6E
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 42.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -11.28, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 41.96, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0316 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.103 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7145, 49.0300, 21.9625)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE6E #6E6FBF

analogous

#BF966E #BFBE6E #98BF6E

triadic

#BFBE6E #6EBFBE #BE6EBF

tetradic

#BFBE6E #6EBF96 #6E6FBF #BF6E98

square

#BFBE6E #6EBF96 #6E6FBF #BF6E98

split-complementary

#BFBE6E #6E98BF #966EBF

monochromatic

#7C7B37 #A6A549 #BFBE6E #D2D198 #E4E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BFBE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE6E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE6E	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.103 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d199',
    500: '#bfbe6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe6e;
$custom-light: #d4d199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 38.756,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78459,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE6E

secondary

#B5B5D4

accent

#5BCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE6E

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

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