#BFB159#BFB159

#BFB159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB159
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -6.52, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 46.73, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.02 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0124, 43.2434, 15.7411)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB159 #5967BF

analogous

#BF7E59 #BFB159 #9ABF59

triadic

#BFB159 #59BFB1 #B159BF

tetradic

#BFB159 #59BF7E #5967BF #BF599A

square

#BFB159 #59BF7E #5967BF #BF599A

split-complementary

#BFB159 #599ABF #7E59BF

monochromatic

#72682C #9E913D #BFB159 #D0C685 #E1DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BFB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB159

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB159	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c88a',
    500: '#bfb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb159;
$custom-light: #d4c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75397,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB159

secondary

#A4AACF

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB159

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

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