#BFB657#BFB657

#BFB657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.117 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB657
RGB	rgb(191, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -9.29, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 49.65, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0282 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.117 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9353, 45.2217, 15.6400)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB657 #5760BF

analogous

#BF8257 #BFB657 #94BF57

triadic

#BFB657 #57BFB6 #B657BF

tetradic

#BFB657 #57BF82 #5760BF #BF5794

square

#BFB657 #57BF82 #5760BF #BF5794

split-complementary

#BFB657 #5794BF #8257BF

monochromatic

#716B2B #9D953C #BFB657 #D0C983 #E1DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BFB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BFB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB657

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB657	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)

#C4B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.117 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb89',
    500: '#bfb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb657;
$custom-light: #d5cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76436,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB657

secondary

#A3A7CF

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB657

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

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