#BFB151#BFB151

#BFB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB151
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -7.16, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 50.50, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0227 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6946, 43.1162, 14.0670)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB151 #515FBF

analogous

#BF7A51 #BFB151 #96BF51

triadic

#BFB151 #51BFB1 #B151BF

tetradic

#BFB151 #51BF7A #515FBF #BF5196

square

#BFB151 #51BF7A #515FBF #BF5196

split-complementary

#BFB151 #5196BF #7A51BF

monochromatic

#6D6528 #9A8E39 #BFB151 #CFC57E #E0D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BFB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB151

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB151	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c885',
    500: '#bfb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb151;
$custom-light: #d5c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75301,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB151

secondary

#9EA4CE

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB151

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

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