#BFA557#BFA557

#BFA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA557
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -0.32, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 43.47, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0023 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.103 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6627, 38.6765, 14.5491)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA557 #5771BF

analogous

#BF7157 #BFA557 #A5BF57

triadic

#BFA557 #57BFA5 #A557BF

tetradic

#BFA557 #57BF71 #5771BF #BF57A5

square

#BFA557 #57BF71 #5771BF #BF57A5

split-complementary

#BFA557 #57A5BF #7157BF

monochromatic

#715F2B #9D853C #BFA557 #D0BD83 #E1D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BFA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BFA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA557

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA557	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf88',
    500: '#bfa557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa557;
$custom-light: #d5bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72855,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA557

secondary

#A3AECF

accent

#74D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA557

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

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