#BFB049#BFB049

#BFB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.124 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB049
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -7.21, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 53.75, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0238 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.124 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2153, 42.6096, 12.5135)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB049 #4958BF

analogous

#BF7549 #BFB049 #93BF49

triadic

#BFB049 #49BFB0 #B049BF

tetradic

#BFB049 #49BF75 #4958BF #BF4993

square

#BFB049 #49BF75 #4958BF #BF4993

split-complementary

#BFB049 #4993BF #7549BF

monochromatic

#696025 #968A35 #BFB049 #CFC476 #DFD7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BFB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB049

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB049	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.124 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c780',
    500: '#bfb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb049;
$custom-light: #d5c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75003,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB049

secondary

#989FCC

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB049

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

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