#BFBF73#BFBF73

#BFBF73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.098 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF73
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -11.26, 38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 39.93, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0311 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.098 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2118, 49.5767, 23.5093)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF73 #7373BF

analogous

#BF9973 #BFBF73 #99BF73

triadic

#BFBF73 #73BFBF #BF73BF

tetradic

#BFBF73 #73BF99 #7373BF #BF7399

square

#BFBF73 #73BF99 #7373BF #BF7399

split-complementary

#BFBF73 #7399BF #9973BF

monochromatic

#7E7E3A #A8A84D #BFBF73 #D2D29D #E5E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BFBF73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BFBF73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF73

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF73	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.098 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d29c',
    500: '#bfbf73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf73;
$custom-light: #d3d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78751,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF73

secondary

#B8B8D6

accent

#5BCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF73

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

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