#BFB357#BFB357

#BFB357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB357
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -7.73, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 48.46, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0237 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.115 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3275, 44.0061, 15.4374)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB357 #5763BF

analogous

#BF7F57 #BFB357 #97BF57

triadic

#BFB357 #57BFB3 #B357BF

tetradic

#BFB357 #57BF7F #5763BF #BF5797

square

#BFB357 #57BF7F #5763BF #BF5797

split-complementary

#BFB357 #5797BF #7F57BF

monochromatic

#71692B #9D923C #BFB357 #D0C783 #E1DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BFB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB357

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB357	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)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c989',
    500: '#bfb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb357;
$custom-light: #d5c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75796,
    "c": 0.11452,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB357

secondary

#A3A8CF

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB357

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

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