#BFA656#BFA656

#BFA656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA656
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -0.94, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 44.27, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0042 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.104 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8032, 39.0224, 14.3958)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA656 #566FBF

analogous

#BF7256 #BFA656 #A4BF56

triadic

#BFA656 #56BFA6 #A656BF

tetradic

#BFA656 #56BF72 #566FBF #BF56A4

square

#BFA656 #56BF72 #566FBF #BF56A4

split-complementary

#BFA656 #56A4BF #7256BF

monochromatic

#70602A #9D853B #BFA656 #D0BD82 #E1D5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BFA656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BFA656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA656

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA656	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c088',
    500: '#bfa656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa656;
$custom-light: #d5c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7305,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA656

secondary

#A2ADCF

accent

#72D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA656

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

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