#BFB955#BFB955

#BFB955 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.122 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB955
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -11.00, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 51.80, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0333 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.122 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4757, 46.4314, 15.4226)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB955 #555BBF

analogous

#BF8455 #BFB955 #90BF55

triadic

#BFB955 #55BFB9 #B955BF

tetradic

#BFB955 #55BF84 #555BBF #BF5590

square

#BFB955 #55BF84 #555BBF #BF5590

split-complementary

#BFB955 #5590BF #8455BF

monochromatic

#706C2A #9C973B #BFB955 #D0CB81 #E0DEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFB955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BFB955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB955

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB955	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.122 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd88',
    500: '#bfb955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb955;
$custom-light: #d5cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77054,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB955

secondary

#A1A4CE

accent

#5AD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB955

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

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