#BFB355#BFB355

#BFB355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB355
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -7.89, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 49.40, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0244 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2469, 43.9739, 15.0130)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB355 #5561BF

analogous

#BF7E55 #BFB355 #96BF55

triadic

#BFB355 #55BFB3 #B355BF

tetradic

#BFB355 #55BF7E #5561BF #BF5596

square

#BFB355 #55BF7E #5561BF #BF5596

split-complementary

#BFB355 #5596BF #7E55BF

monochromatic

#70682A #9C913B #BFB355 #D0C781 #E0DBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BFB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB355

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB355	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c988',
    500: '#bfb355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb355;
$custom-light: #d5c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75772,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB355

secondary

#A1A6CE

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB355

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

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