#BFBA59#BFBA59

#BFBA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.120 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA59
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -11.19, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 50.36, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0334 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.12 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8491, 46.9166, 16.3533)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA59 #595EBF

analogous

#BF8759 #BFBA59 #91BF59

triadic

#BFBA59 #59BFBA #BA59BF

tetradic

#BFBA59 #59BF87 #595EBF #BF5991

square

#BFBA59 #59BF87 #595EBF #BF5991

split-complementary

#BFBA59 #5991BF #8759BF

monochromatic

#726E2C #9E993D #BFBA59 #D0CC85 #E1DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BFBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BFBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA59

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA59	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)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.120 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce8b',
    500: '#bfba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba59;
$custom-light: #d4ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77316,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA59

secondary

#A4A7CF

accent

#5AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA59

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

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