#BFB957#BFB957

#BFB957 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; 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	#BFB957
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -10.84, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 50.87, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0326 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.121 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5563, 46.4637, 15.8470)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB957 #575DBF

analogous

#BF8557 #BFB957 #91BF57

triadic

#BFB957 #57BFB9 #B957BF

tetradic

#BFB957 #57BF85 #575DBF #BF5791

square

#BFB957 #57BF85 #575DBF #BF5791

split-complementary

#BFB957 #5791BF #8557BF

monochromatic

#716D2B #9D973C #BFB957 #D0CB83 #E1DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFB957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BFB957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB957

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB957	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)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.121 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd89',
    500: '#bfb957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb957;
$custom-light: #d5cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77078,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB957

secondary

#A3A5CF

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB957

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

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