#BFBE74#BFBE74

#BFBE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.096 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE74
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 39.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -10.64, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 38.95, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0292 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.096 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0523, 49.1651, 23.7415)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE74 #7475BF

analogous

#BF9874 #BFBE74 #9ABF74

triadic

#BFBE74 #74BFBE #BE74BF

tetradic

#BFBE74 #74BF98 #7475BF #BF749A

square

#BFBE74 #74BF98 #7475BF #BF749A

split-complementary

#BFBE74 #749ABF #9874BF

monochromatic

#7E7D3A #A8A74D #BFBE74 #D2D29E #E6E5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#BFBE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE74

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE74	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)

#C9B86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.096 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d19d',
    500: '#bfbe74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe74;
$custom-light: #d3d19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78553,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE74

secondary

#B9B9D6

accent

#37B036

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE74

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

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