#BFA556#BFA556

#BFA556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA556
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -0.41, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 43.95, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0027 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.104 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6222, 38.6603, 14.3355)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA556 #5670BF

analogous

#BF7156 #BFA556 #A5BF56

triadic

#BFA556 #56BFA5 #A556BF

tetradic

#BFA556 #56BF71 #5670BF #BF56A5

square

#BFA556 #56BF71 #5670BF #BF56A5

split-complementary

#BFA556 #56A5BF #7156BF

monochromatic

#705F2A #9D843B #BFA556 #D0BD82 #E1D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BFA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BFA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA556

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA556	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)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf88',
    500: '#bfa556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa556;
$custom-light: #d5bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72842,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA556

secondary

#A2ADCF

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA556

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

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