#BFB057#BFB057

#BFB057 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB057
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -6.16, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 47.30, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0192 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7328, 42.8166, 15.2392)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB057 #5766BF

analogous

#BF7C57 #BFB057 #9ABF57

triadic

#BFB057 #57BFB0 #B057BF

tetradic

#BFB057 #57BF7C #5766BF #BF579A

square

#BFB057 #57BF7C #5766BF #BF579A

split-complementary

#BFB057 #579ABF #7C57BF

monochromatic

#71672B #9D8F3C #BFB057 #D0C583 #E1DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFB057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BFB057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB057

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB057	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c789',
    500: '#bfb057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb057;
$custom-light: #d5c789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7516,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB057

secondary

#A3A9CF

accent

#66D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB057

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

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