#BFB356#BFB356

#BFB356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB356
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -7.81, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 48.93, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.024 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.115 102)
XYZ	xyz(39.2870, 43.9899, 15.2237)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB356 #5662BF

analogous

#BF7F56 #BFB356 #97BF56

triadic

#BFB356 #56BFB3 #B356BF

tetradic

#BFB356 #56BF7F #5662BF #BF5697

square

#BFB356 #56BF7F #5662BF #BF5697

split-complementary

#BFB356 #5697BF #7F56BF

monochromatic

#70682A #9D913B #BFB356 #D0C782 #E1DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BFB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB356

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB356	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c988',
    500: '#bfb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb356;
$custom-light: #d5c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75784,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.43988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB356

secondary

#A2A7CF

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB356

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

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