#BFB149#BFB149

#BFB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB149
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -7.73, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 54.11, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0253 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4121, 43.0032, 12.5791)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB149 #4957BF

analogous

#BF7649 #BFB149 #92BF49

triadic

#BFB149 #49BFB1 #B149BF

tetradic

#BFB149 #49BF76 #4957BF #BF4992

square

#BFB149 #49BF76 #4957BF #BF4992

split-complementary

#BFB149 #4992BF #7649BF

monochromatic

#696125 #968A35 #BFB149 #CFC476 #DFD8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BFB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BFB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB149

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB149	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c880',
    500: '#bfb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb149;
$custom-light: #d5c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75215,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB149

secondary

#989ECC

accent

#60D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB149

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

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