#BFB050#BFB050

#BFB050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB050
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -6.71, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 50.59, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0216 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4606, 42.7077, 13.8054)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB050 #505FBF

analogous

#BF7850 #BFB050 #96BF50

triadic

#BFB050 #50BFB0 #B050BF

tetradic

#BFB050 #50BF78 #505FBF #BF5096

square

#BFB050 #50BF78 #505FBF #BF5096

split-complementary

#BFB050 #5096BF #7850BF

monochromatic

#6D6328 #9A8C38 #BFB050 #CFC47D #E0D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFB050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BFB050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB050

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB050	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c784',
    500: '#bfb050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb050;
$custom-light: #d5c784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75077,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB050

secondary

#9DA4CD

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB050

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

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