#BFB856#BFB856

#BFB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB856
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -10.41, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 50.93, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0315 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.12 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3073, 46.0305, 15.5638)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB856 #565DBF

analogous

#BF8456 #BFB856 #92BF56

triadic

#BFB856 #56BFB8 #B856BF

tetradic

#BFB856 #56BF84 #565DBF #BF5692

square

#BFB856 #56BF84 #565DBF #BF5692

split-complementary

#BFB856 #5692BF #8456BF

monochromatic

#706B2A #9D963B #BFB856 #D0CB82 #E1DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BFB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB856

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB856	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd89',
    500: '#bfb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb856;
$custom-light: #d5cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76852,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB856

secondary

#A2A5CF

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB856

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

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