#BFBA57#BFBA57

#BFBA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA57
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -11.36, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 51.29, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0341 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.122 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7662, 46.8835, 15.9170)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA57 #575CBF

analogous

#BF8657 #BFBA57 #90BF57

triadic

#BFBA57 #57BFBA #BA57BF

tetradic

#BFBA57 #57BF86 #575CBF #BF5790

square

#BFBA57 #57BF86 #575CBF #BF5790

split-complementary

#BFBA57 #5790BF #8657BF

monochromatic

#716D2B #9D983C #BFBA57 #D0CC83 #E1DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BFBA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BFBA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA57

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA57	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce89',
    500: '#bfba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba57;
$custom-light: #d5ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77292,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA57

secondary

#A3A5CF

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA57

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

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