#BFB557#BFB557

#BFB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.116 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB557
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -8.77, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 49.25, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0267 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.116 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7313, 44.8136, 15.5720)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB557 #5761BF

analogous

#BF8157 #BFB557 #95BF57

triadic

#BFB557 #57BFB5 #B557BF

tetradic

#BFB557 #57BF81 #5761BF #BF5795

square

#BFB557 #57BF81 #5761BF #BF5795

split-complementary

#BFB557 #5795BF #8157BF

monochromatic

#716A2B #9D943C #BFB557 #D0C983 #E1DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BFB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB557

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB557	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)

#C3B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.116 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb89',
    500: '#bfb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb557;
$custom-light: #d5cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76222,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB557

secondary

#A3A7CF

accent

#60D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB557

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

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