#BFB255#BFB255

#BFB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB255
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -7.37, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 49.01, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0229 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0473, 43.5745, 14.9465)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB255 #5562BF

analogous

#BF7D55 #BFB255 #97BF55

triadic

#BFB255 #55BFB2 #B255BF

tetradic

#BFB255 #55BF7D #5562BF #BF5597

square

#BFB255 #55BF7D #5562BF #BF5597

split-complementary

#BFB255 #5597BF #7D55BF

monochromatic

#70672A #9C903B #BFB255 #D0C681 #E0DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BFB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB255

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB255	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c888',
    500: '#bfb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb255;
$custom-light: #d5c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7556,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB255

secondary

#A1A7CE

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB255

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

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