#BFB556#BFB556

#BFB556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB556
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -8.85, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 49.72, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.027 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.117 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6907, 44.7974, 15.3583)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB556 #5660BF

analogous

#BF8156 #BFB556 #95BF56

triadic

#BFB556 #56BFB5 #B556BF

tetradic

#BFB556 #56BF81 #5660BF #BF5695

square

#BFB556 #56BF81 #5660BF #BF5695

split-complementary

#BFB556 #5695BF #8156BF

monochromatic

#706A2A #9D933B #BFB556 #D0C882 #E1DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BFB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB556

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB556	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca88',
    500: '#bfb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb556;
$custom-light: #d5ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7621,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB556

secondary

#A2A6CF

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB556

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

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