#BFBE77#BFBE77

#BFBE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.092 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE77
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 119)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 37.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -10.30, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 37.44, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.028 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.092 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2296, 49.2361, 24.6754)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE77 #7778BF

analogous

#BF9A77 #BFBE77 #9CBF77

triadic

#BFBE77 #77BFBE #BE77BF

tetradic

#BFBE77 #77BF9A #7778BF #BF779C

square

#BFBE77 #77BF9A #7778BF #BF779C

split-complementary

#BFBE77 #779CBF #9A77BF

monochromatic

#807F3C #A9A850 #BFBE77 #D3D2A1 #E6E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BFBE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE77

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE77	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.092 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d19f',
    500: '#bfbe77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe77;
$custom-light: #d3d19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78603,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE77

secondary

#BBBCD7

accent

#38AF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE77

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

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