#BFB053#BFB053

#BFB053 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB053
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -6.48, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 49.19, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0206 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.115 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5739, 42.7531, 14.4022)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB053 #5362BF

analogous

#BF7A53 #BFB053 #98BF53

triadic

#BFB053 #53BFB0 #B053BF

tetradic

#BFB053 #53BF7A #5362BF #BF5398

square

#BFB053 #53BF7A #5362BF #BF5398

split-complementary

#BFB053 #5398BF #7A53BF

monochromatic

#6E6529 #9B8E3A #BFB053 #D0C480 #E0D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFB053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BFB053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB053

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB053	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c786',
    500: '#bfb053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb053;
$custom-light: #d5c786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB053

secondary

#A0A6CE

accent

#65D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB053

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

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