#BFB257#BFB257

#BFB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.114 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB257
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -7.21, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 48.07, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0222 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.114 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1278, 43.6067, 15.3708)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB257 #5764BF

analogous

#BF7E57 #BFB257 #98BF57

triadic

#BFB257 #57BFB2 #B257BF

tetradic

#BFB257 #57BF7E #5764BF #BF5798

square

#BFB257 #57BF7E #5764BF #BF5798

split-complementary

#BFB257 #5798BF #7E57BF

monochromatic

#71682B #9D913C #BFB257 #D0C683 #E1DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BFB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB257

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB257	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.114 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c889',
    500: '#bfb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb257;
$custom-light: #d5c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75584,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB257

secondary

#A3A8CF

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB257

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

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