#BFBE6F#BFBE6F

#BFBE6F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.101 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE6F
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 111)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 41.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -11.18, 39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 41.46, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0312 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.101 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7693, 49.0519, 22.2508)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE6F #6F70BF

analogous

#BF966F #BFBE6F #98BF6F

triadic

#BFBE6F #6FBFBE #BE6FBF

tetradic

#BFBE6F #6FBF96 #6F70BF #BF6F98

square

#BFBE6F #6FBF96 #6F70BF #BF6F98

split-complementary

#BFBE6F #6F98BF #966FBF

monochromatic

#7C7B37 #A7A64A #BFBE6F #D2D199 #E5E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBE6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BFBE6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE6F

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE6F	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)

#CAB869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.101 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d199',
    500: '#bfbe6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe6f;
$custom-light: #d4d199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78475,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE6F

secondary

#B5B6D5

accent

#5BCE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE6F

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

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