#BFB457#BFB457

#BFB457 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB457
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -8.25, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 48.85, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0252 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.116 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5287, 44.4084, 15.5044)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB457 #5762BF

analogous

#BF8057 #BFB457 #96BF57

triadic

#BFB457 #57BFB4 #B457BF

tetradic

#BFB457 #57BF80 #5762BF #BF5796

square

#BFB457 #57BF80 #5762BF #BF5796

split-complementary

#BFB457 #5796BF #8057BF

monochromatic

#71692B #9D933C #BFB457 #D0C883 #E1DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BFB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB457

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB457	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca89',
    500: '#bfb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb457;
$custom-light: #d5ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76009,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB457

secondary

#A3A8CF

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB457

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

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