#BFB855#BFB855

#BFB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.121 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB855
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -10.49, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 51.39, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0318 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.121 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2673, 46.0145, 15.3531)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB855 #555CBF

analogous

#BF8355 #BFB855 #91BF55

triadic

#BFB855 #55BFB8 #B855BF

tetradic

#BFB855 #55BF83 #555CBF #BF5591

square

#BFB855 #55BF83 #555CBF #BF5591

split-complementary

#BFB855 #5591BF #8355BF

monochromatic

#706B2A #9C963B #BFB855 #D0CB81 #E0DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BFB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB855

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB855	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.121 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd88',
    500: '#bfb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb855;
$custom-light: #d5cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7684,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB855

secondary

#A1A4CE

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB855

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

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