#BFB656#BFB656

#BFB656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB656
RGB	rgb(191, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -9.37, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 50.12, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0285 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.118 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8948, 45.2055, 15.4263)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB656 #565FBF

analogous

#BF8256 #BFB656 #94BF56

triadic

#BFB656 #56BFB6 #B656BF

tetradic

#BFB656 #56BF82 #565FBF #BF5694

square

#BFB656 #56BF82 #565FBF #BF5694

split-complementary

#BFB656 #5694BF #8256BF

monochromatic

#706A2A #9D943B #BFB656 #D0C982 #E1DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BFB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BFB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB656

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB656	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb89',
    500: '#bfb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb656;
$custom-light: #d5cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76424,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB656

secondary

#A2A6CF

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB656

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

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