#BFBE7A#BFBE7A

#BFBE7A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.089 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE7A
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 122)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -9.95, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 35.91, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0268 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.089 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4127, 49.3093, 25.6393)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE7A #7A7BBF

analogous

#BF9C7A #BFBE7A #9EBF7A

triadic

#BFBE7A #7ABFBE #BE7ABF

tetradic

#BFBE7A #7ABF9C #7A7BBF #BF7A9E

square

#BFBE7A #7ABF9C #7A7BBF #BF7A9E

split-complementary

#BFBE7A #7A9EBF #9C7ABF

monochromatic

#81803E #AAA952 #BFBE7A #D3D2A3 #E7E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBE7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BFBE7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE7A

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE7A	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.089 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d1a1',
    500: '#bfbe7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe7a;
$custom-light: #d3d1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 35.025,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78654,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE7A

secondary

#BEBED7

accent

#39AE38

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE7A

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

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