#BFB258#BFB258

#BFB258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB258
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 53.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -7.13, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 47.59, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0218 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.113 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1690, 43.6232, 15.5875)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB258 #5865BF

analogous

#BF7E58 #BFB258 #99BF58

triadic

#BFB258 #58BFB2 #B258BF

tetradic

#BFB258 #58BF7E #5865BF #BF5899

square

#BFB258 #58BF7E #5865BF #BF5899

split-complementary

#BFB258 #5899BF #7E58BF

monochromatic

#71682B #9D913C #BFB258 #D0C684 #E1DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BFB258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB258

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB258	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)

#C0AD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c88a',
    500: '#bfb258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb258;
$custom-light: #d4c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.427,
    "s": 44.589,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75596,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB258

secondary

#A4A9CF

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB258

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

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