#BFBE7E#BFBE7E

#BFBE7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.084 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBE7E
RGB	rgb(191, 190, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 34%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 34%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 34%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -9.48, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 33.86, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0252 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.084 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6656, 49.4105, 26.9715)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBE7E #7E7FBF

analogous

#BF9E7E #BFBE7E #A0BF7E

triadic

#BFBE7E #7EBFBE #BE7EBF

tetradic

#BFBE7E #7EBF9E #7E7FBF #BF7EA0

square

#BFBE7E #7EBF9E #7E7FBF #BF7EA0

split-complementary

#BFBE7E #7EA0BF #9E7EBF

monochromatic

#828141 #ABA955 #BFBE7E #D3D3A7 #E8E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BFBE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BFBE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBE7E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBE7E	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)

#C8B979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbe7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 190, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.084 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d1a4',
    500: '#bfbe7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbe7e;
$custom-light: #d3d1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbe7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 33.679,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.08417,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBE7E

secondary

#C0C1D8

accent

#3BAC39

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF9F4

border

#D3D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBE7E

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

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