#BFA85B#BFA85B

#BFA85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.101 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA85B
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 52.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -1.58, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 42.50, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0055 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.101 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3782, 39.8386, 15.6163)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA85B #5B72BF

analogous

#BF765B #BFA85B #A4BF5B

triadic

#BFA85B #5BBFA8 #A85BBF

tetradic

#BFA85B #5BBF76 #5B72BF #BF5BA4

square

#BFA85B #5BBF76 #5B72BF #BF5BA4

split-complementary

#BFA85B #5BA4BF #765BBF

monochromatic

#73632D #9F893E #BFA85B #D0BF87 #E1D7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BFA85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BFA85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA85B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA85B	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.101 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c18b',
    500: '#bfa85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa85b;
$custom-light: #d4c18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73533,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA85B

secondary

#A6B0D0

accent

#72D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA85B

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

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