#BFB959#BFB959

#BFB959 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB959
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -10.68, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 49.94, 102.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0319 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.119 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6391, 46.4968, 16.2833)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB959 #595FBF

analogous

#BF8659 #BFB959 #92BF59

triadic

#BFB959 #59BFB9 #B959BF

tetradic

#BFB959 #59BF86 #595FBF #BF5992

square

#BFB959 #59BF86 #595FBF #BF5992

split-complementary

#BFB959 #5992BF #8659BF

monochromatic

#726E2C #9E983D #BFB959 #D0CC85 #E1DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFB959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BFB959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB959

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB959	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd8b',
    500: '#bfb959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb959;
$custom-light: #d4cd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77102,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB959

secondary

#A4A7CF

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB959

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

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