#BFA956#BFA956

#BFA956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA956
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -2.54, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 45.27, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0089 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.107 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3549, 40.1259, 14.5797)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA956 #566CBF

analogous

#BF7556 #BFA956 #A0BF56

triadic

#BFA956 #56BFA9 #A956BF

tetradic

#BFA956 #56BF75 #566CBF #BF56A0

square

#BFA956 #56BF75 #566CBF #BF56A0

split-complementary

#BFA956 #56A0BF #7556BF

monochromatic

#70622A #9D883B #BFA956 #D0C082 #E1D6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BFA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BFA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA956

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA956	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c288',
    500: '#bfa956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa956;
$custom-light: #d5c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA956

secondary

#A2ABCF

accent

#6ED553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA956

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

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