#BFBE73#BFBE73

#BFBE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.097 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE73
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 39.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -10.75, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 39.46, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0296 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.097 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9945, 49.1420, 23.4368)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE73 #7374BF

analogous

#BF9873 #BFBE73 #9ABF73

triadic

#BFBE73 #73BFBE #BE73BF

tetradic

#BFBE73 #73BF98 #7374BF #BF739A

square

#BFBE73 #73BF98 #7374BF #BF739A

split-complementary

#BFBE73 #739ABF #9873BF

monochromatic

#7E7D3A #A8A74D #BFBE73 #D2D29D #E5E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BFBE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE73

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE73	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.097 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d19c',
    500: '#bfbe73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe73;
$custom-light: #d3d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78537,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE73

secondary

#B8B9D6

accent

#5CCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE73

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

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