#BFBE72#BFBE72

#BFBE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.098 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE72
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -10.86, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 39.96, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.03 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.098 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9372, 49.1191, 23.1354)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE72 #7273BF

analogous

#BF9872 #BFBE72 #99BF72

triadic

#BFBE72 #72BFBE #BE72BF

tetradic

#BFBE72 #72BF98 #7273BF #BF7299

square

#BFBE72 #72BF98 #7273BF #BF7299

split-complementary

#BFBE72 #7299BF #9872BF

monochromatic

#7E7D39 #A8A64C #BFBE72 #D2D19C #E5E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BFBE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE72

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE72	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)

#C9B86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.098 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d19c',
    500: '#bfbe72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe72;
$custom-light: #d3d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.221,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78521,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE72

secondary

#B8B8D5

accent

#5CCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE72

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

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