#BFB459#BFB459

#BFB459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB459
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -8.09, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 47.90, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0245 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.114 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6115, 44.4415, 15.9408)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB459 #5964BF

analogous

#BF8159 #BFB459 #97BF59

triadic

#BFB459 #59BFB4 #B459BF

tetradic

#BFB459 #59BF81 #5964BF #BF5997

square

#BFB459 #59BF81 #5964BF #BF5997

split-complementary

#BFB459 #5997BF #8159BF

monochromatic

#726A2C #9E933D #BFB459 #D0C885 #E1DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BFB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB459

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB459	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca8a',
    500: '#bfb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb459;
$custom-light: #d4ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76034,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB459

secondary

#A4A9CF

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB459

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

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