#BFA657#BFA657

#BFA657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA657
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -0.86, 43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 43.79, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0039 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.103 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8438, 39.0387, 14.6095)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA657 #5770BF

analogous

#BF7257 #BFA657 #A4BF57

triadic

#BFA657 #57BFA6 #A657BF

tetradic

#BFA657 #57BF72 #5770BF #BF57A4

square

#BFA657 #57BF72 #5770BF #BF57A4

split-complementary

#BFA657 #57A4BF #7257BF

monochromatic

#71602B #9D863C #BFA657 #D0BD83 #E1D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BFA657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BFA657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA657

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA657	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c088',
    500: '#bfa657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa657;
$custom-light: #d5c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.577,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73063,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA657

secondary

#A3ADCF

accent

#72D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA657

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

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