#BFB659#BFB659

#BFB659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.116 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB659
RGB	rgb(191, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -9.13, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 48.71, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0275 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.116 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0182, 45.2548, 16.0763)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB659 #5962BF

analogous

#BF8359 #BFB659 #95BF59

triadic

#BFB659 #59BFB6 #B659BF

tetradic

#BFB659 #59BF83 #5962BF #BF5995

square

#BFB659 #59BF83 #5962BF #BF5995

split-complementary

#BFB659 #5995BF #8359BF

monochromatic

#726C2C #9E953D #BFB659 #D0C985 #E1DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BFB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BFB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB659

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB659	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.116 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb8a',
    500: '#bfb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb659;
$custom-light: #d4cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7646,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB659

secondary

#A4A8CF

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB659

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

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