#BFA659#BFA659

#BFA659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA659
RGB	rgb(191, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -0.69, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 42.82, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0032 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.101 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9267, 39.0718, 15.0458)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA659 #5972BF

analogous

#BF7359 #BFA659 #A5BF59

triadic

#BFA659 #59BFA6 #A659BF

tetradic

#BFA659 #59BF73 #5972BF #BF59A5

square

#BFA659 #59BF73 #5972BF #BF59A5

split-complementary

#BFA659 #59A5BF #7359BF

monochromatic

#72612C #9E863D #BFA659 #D0BE85 #E1D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BFA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BFA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA659

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA659	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)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c08a',
    500: '#bfa659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa659;
$custom-light: #d5c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.294,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73089,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA659

secondary

#A4AFCF

accent

#73D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA659

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

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