#BFB051#BFB051

#BFB051 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB051
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -6.63, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 50.12, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0213 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4978, 42.7226, 14.0014)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB051 #5160BF

analogous

#BF7951 #BFB051 #97BF51

triadic

#BFB051 #51BFB0 #B051BF

tetradic

#BFB051 #51BF79 #5160BF #BF5197

square

#BFB051 #51BF79 #5160BF #BF5197

split-complementary

#BFB051 #5197BF #7951BF

monochromatic

#6D6428 #9A8D39 #BFB051 #CFC47E #E0D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFB051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BFB051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB051

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB051	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)

#BFAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c785',
    500: '#bfb051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb051;
$custom-light: #d5c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB051

secondary

#9EA5CE

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB051

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

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