#BFBA56#BFBA56

#BFBA56 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	#BFBA56
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -11.44, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 51.75, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0344 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.123 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7257, 46.8673, 15.7033)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA56 #565BBF

analogous

#BF8656 #BFBA56 #90BF56

triadic

#BFBA56 #56BFBA #BA56BF

tetradic

#BFBA56 #56BF86 #565BBF #BF5690

square

#BFBA56 #56BF86 #565BBF #BF5690

split-complementary

#BFBA56 #5690BF #8656BF

monochromatic

#706D2A #9D983B #BFBA56 #D0CC82 #E1DEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BFBA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BFBA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA56

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA56	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.123 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce89',
    500: '#bfba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba56;
$custom-light: #d5ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77281,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA56

secondary

#A2A4CF

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA56

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

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