#BFBE78#BFBE78

#BFBE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.091 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE78
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -10.19, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 36.93, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0276 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.091 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2900, 49.2602, 24.9934)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE78 #7879BF

analogous

#BF9A78 #BFBE78 #9CBF78

triadic

#BFBE78 #78BFBE #BE78BF

tetradic

#BFBE78 #78BF9A #7879BF #BF789C

square

#BFBE78 #78BF9A #7879BF #BF789C

split-complementary

#BFBE78 #789CBF #9A78BF

monochromatic

#807F3D #A9A850 #BFBE78 #D3D2A2 #E6E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BFBE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BFBE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE78

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE78	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)

#C9B973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.091 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d1a0',
    500: '#bfbe78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe78;
$custom-light: #d3d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7862,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE78

secondary

#BCBCD7

accent

#39AF37

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE78

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

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