#BFBE7D#BFBE7D

#BFBE7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.085 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE7D
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 125)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 34.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -9.60, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 34.37, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0256 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.085 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6014, 49.3848, 26.6334)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE7D #7D7EBF

analogous

#BF9D7D #BFBE7D #9FBF7D

triadic

#BFBE7D #7DBFBE #BE7DBF

tetradic

#BFBE7D #7DBF9D #7D7EBF #BF7D9F

square

#BFBE7D #7DBF9D #7D7EBF #BF7D9F

split-complementary

#BFBE7D #7D9FBF #9D7DBF

monochromatic

#828140 #ABA954 #BFBE7D #D3D3A6 #E7E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBE7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BFBE7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE7D

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE7D	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.085 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d1a3',
    500: '#bfbe7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe7d;
$custom-light: #d3d1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 34.021,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78706,
    "c": 0.08537,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE7D

secondary

#C0C0D8

accent

#3AAD39

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE7D

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

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