#BFB259#BFB259

#BFB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB259
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -7.04, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 47.12, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0215 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.112 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2107, 43.6398, 15.8071)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB259 #5966BF

analogous

#BF7F59 #BFB259 #99BF59

triadic

#BFB259 #59BFB2 #B259BF

tetradic

#BFB259 #59BF7F #5966BF #BF5999

square

#BFB259 #59BF7F #5966BF #BF5999

split-complementary

#BFB259 #5999BF #7F59BF

monochromatic

#72692C #9E923D #BFB259 #D0C685 #E1DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BFB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB259

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB259	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c88a',
    500: '#bfb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb259;
$custom-light: #d4c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB259

secondary

#A4AACF

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB259

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

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