#BFBA55#BFBA55

#BFBA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.123 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA55
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -11.52, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 52.21, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0348 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.123 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6857, 46.8513, 15.4926)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA55 #555ABF

analogous

#BF8555 #BFBA55 #8FBF55

triadic

#BFBA55 #55BFBA #BA55BF

tetradic

#BFBA55 #55BF85 #555ABF #BF558F

square

#BFBA55 #55BF85 #555ABF #BF558F

split-complementary

#BFBA55 #558FBF #8555BF

monochromatic

#706C2A #9C973B #BFBA55 #D0CC81 #E0DEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BFBA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BFBA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA55

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA55	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.123 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce88',
    500: '#bfba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba55;
$custom-light: #d5ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77269,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA55

secondary

#A1A3CE

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA55

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

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