#BFB059#BFB059

#BFB059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB059
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -5.99, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 46.35, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0185 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8156, 42.8498, 15.6755)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB059 #5968BF

analogous

#BF7D59 #BFB059 #9BBF59

triadic

#BFB059 #59BFB0 #B059BF

tetradic

#BFB059 #59BF7D #5968BF #BF599B

square

#BFB059 #59BF7D #5968BF #BF599B

split-complementary

#BFB059 #599BBF #7D59BF

monochromatic

#72672C #9E903D #BFB059 #D0C585 #E1DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BFB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BFB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB059

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB059	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c78a',
    500: '#bfb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb059;
$custom-light: #d4c78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75185,
    "c": 0.10975,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB059

secondary

#A4ABCF

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB059

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

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