#BFA856#BFA856

#BFA856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA856
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -2.01, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 44.93, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0073 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.106 94)
XYZ	xyz(37.1696, 39.7552, 14.5179)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA856 #566DBF

analogous

#BF7456 #BFA856 #A2BF56

triadic

#BFA856 #56BFA8 #A856BF

tetradic

#BFA856 #56BF74 #566DBF #BF56A2

square

#BFA856 #56BF74 #566DBF #BF56A2

split-complementary

#BFA856 #56A2BF #7456BF

monochromatic

#70612A #9D873B #BFA856 #D0BF82 #E1D6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BFA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BFA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA856

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA856	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c188',
    500: '#bfa856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa856;
$custom-light: #d5c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73466,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.39754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA856

secondary

#A2ACCF

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA856

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

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