#BFB359#BFB359

#BFB359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB359
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -7.56, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 47.51, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.023 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.113 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4104, 44.0392, 15.8737)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB359 #5965BF

analogous

#BF8059 #BFB359 #98BF59

triadic

#BFB359 #59BFB3 #B359BF

tetradic

#BFB359 #59BF80 #5965BF #BF5998

square

#BFB359 #59BF80 #5965BF #BF5998

split-complementary

#BFB359 #5998BF #8059BF

monochromatic

#726A2C #9E933D #BFB359 #D0C785 #E1DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BFB359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB359

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB359	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c98a',
    500: '#bfb359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb359;
$custom-light: #d4c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75821,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB359

secondary

#A4A9CF

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB359

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

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