#BFB157#BFB157

#BFB157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB157
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -6.68, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 47.68, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0207 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.113 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9296, 43.2102, 15.3048)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB157 #5765BF

analogous

#BF7D57 #BFB157 #99BF57

triadic

#BFB157 #57BFB1 #B157BF

tetradic

#BFB157 #57BF7D #5765BF #BF5799

square

#BFB157 #57BF7D #5765BF #BF5799

split-complementary

#BFB157 #5799BF #7D57BF

monochromatic

#71672B #9D903C #BFB157 #D0C683 #E1DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BFB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB157

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB157	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)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c889',
    500: '#bfb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb157;
$custom-light: #d5c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75372,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB157

secondary

#A3A9CF

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB157

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

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