#BFB857#BFB857

#BFB857 is a light, moderate 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	#BFB857
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -10.33, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 50.46, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0311 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.12 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3478, 46.0467, 15.7775)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB857 #575EBF

analogous

#BF8457 #BFB857 #92BF57

triadic

#BFB857 #57BFB8 #B857BF

tetradic

#BFB857 #57BF84 #575EBF #BF5792

square

#BFB857 #57BF84 #575EBF #BF5792

split-complementary

#BFB857 #5792BF #8457BF

monochromatic

#716C2B #9D963C #BFB857 #D0CB83 #E1DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BFB857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB857

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB857	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)

#C6B24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd89',
    500: '#bfb857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb857;
$custom-light: #d5cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76863,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB857

secondary

#A3A6CF

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB857

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

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