#BFBF72#BFBF72

#BFBF72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.099 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF72
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -11.37, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 40.43, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0315 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.099 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1546, 49.5538, 23.2078)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF72 #7272BF

analogous

#BF9972 #BFBF72 #99BF72

triadic

#BFBF72 #72BFBF #BF72BF

tetradic

#BFBF72 #72BF99 #7272BF #BF7299

square

#BFBF72 #72BF99 #7272BF #BF7299

split-complementary

#BFBF72 #7299BF #9972BF

monochromatic

#7E7E39 #A8A84C #BFBF72 #D2D29C #E5E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBF72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BFBF72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF72

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF72	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.099 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d29c',
    500: '#bfbf72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf72;
$custom-light: #d3d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78735,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF72

secondary

#B8B8D5

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF72

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

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