#BFB248#BFB248

#BFB248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB248
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -8.32, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 54.91, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0271 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5774, 43.3865, 12.4720)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB248 #4855BF

analogous

#BF7748 #BFB248 #91BF48

triadic

#BFB248 #48BFB2 #B248BF

tetradic

#BFB248 #48BF77 #4855BF #BF4891

square

#BFB248 #48BF77 #4855BF #BF4891

split-complementary

#BFB248 #4891BF #7748BF

monochromatic

#686124 #968B34 #BFB248 #CFC575 #DFD8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BFB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB248

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB248	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c880',
    500: '#bfb248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb248;
$custom-light: #d5c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75418,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB248

secondary

#979DCC

accent

#5FD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB248

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

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