#BFB559#BFB559

#BFB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.115 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB559
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -8.61, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 48.30, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.026 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.115 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8141, 44.8467, 16.0083)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB559 #5963BF

analogous

#BF8259 #BFB559 #96BF59

triadic

#BFB559 #59BFB5 #B559BF

tetradic

#BFB559 #59BF82 #5963BF #BF5996

square

#BFB559 #59BF82 #5963BF #BF5996

split-complementary

#BFB559 #5996BF #8259BF

monochromatic

#726B2C #9E943D #BFB559 #D0C985 #E1DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BFB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB559

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB559	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.115 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb8a',
    500: '#bfb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb559;
$custom-light: #d4cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76247,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB559

secondary

#A4A9CF

accent

#60D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB559

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

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