#BFA555#BFA555

#BFA555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA555
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -0.49, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 44.44, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0031 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.104 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5822, 38.6443, 14.1248)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA555 #556FBF

analogous

#BF7055 #BFA555 #A4BF55

triadic

#BFA555 #55BFA5 #A555BF

tetradic

#BFA555 #55BF70 #556FBF #BF55A4

square

#BFA555 #55BF70 #556FBF #BF55A4

split-complementary

#BFA555 #55A4BF #7055BF

monochromatic

#705F2A #9C843B #BFA555 #D0BD81 #E0D4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BFA555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BFA555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA555

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA555	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf87',
    500: '#bfa555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa555;
$custom-light: #d5bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72829,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA555

secondary

#A1ACCE

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA555

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

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