#BFBE7B#BFBE7B

#BFBE7B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.088 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE7B
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 35.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -9.84, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 35.40, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0264 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.088 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4749, 49.3342, 25.9673)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE7B #7B7CBF

analogous

#BF9C7B #BFBE7B #9EBF7B

triadic

#BFBE7B #7BBFBE #BE7BBF

tetradic

#BFBE7B #7BBF9C #7B7CBF #BF7B9E

square

#BFBE7B #7BBF9C #7B7CBF #BF7B9E

split-complementary

#BFBE7B #7B9EBF #9C7BBF

monochromatic

#81803F #AAA953 #BFBE7B #D3D2A4 #E7E7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBE7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BFBE7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE7B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE7B	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.088 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d1a2',
    500: '#bfbe7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe7b;
$custom-light: #d3d1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78671,
    "c": 0.08774,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE7B

secondary

#BEBFD8

accent

#3AAE38

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F3

border

#D3D2CD

text

#14140F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE7B

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

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