#BFB956#BFB956

#BFB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.121 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB956
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -10.92, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 51.34, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0329 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.122 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5157, 46.4474, 15.6333)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB956 #565CBF

analogous

#BF8556 #BFB956 #91BF56

triadic

#BFB956 #56BFB9 #B956BF

tetradic

#BFB956 #56BF85 #565CBF #BF5691

square

#BFB956 #56BF85 #565CBF #BF5691

split-complementary

#BFB956 #5691BF #8556BF

monochromatic

#706C2A #9D973B #BFB956 #D0CB82 #E1DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BFB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB956

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB956	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)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.121 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd89',
    500: '#bfb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb956;
$custom-light: #d5cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77066,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB956

secondary

#A2A5CF

accent

#5AD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB956

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

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