#BFB156#BFB156

#BFB156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB156
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -6.77, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 48.16, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.021 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8890, 43.1940, 15.0911)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB156 #5664BF

analogous

#BF7D56 #BFB156 #99BF56

triadic

#BFB156 #56BFB1 #B156BF

tetradic

#BFB156 #56BF7D #5664BF #BF5699

square

#BFB156 #56BF7D #5664BF #BF5699

split-complementary

#BFB156 #5699BF #7D56BF

monochromatic

#70672A #9D903B #BFB156 #D0C582 #E1DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BFB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB156

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB156	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c888',
    500: '#bfb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb156;
$custom-light: #d5c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7536,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB156

secondary

#A2A8CF

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB156

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

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