#BFB249#BFB249

#BFB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB249
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -8.25, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 54.47, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0268 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6103, 43.3997, 12.6452)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB249 #4956BF

analogous

#BF7749 #BFB249 #91BF49

triadic

#BFB249 #49BFB2 #B249BF

tetradic

#BFB249 #49BF77 #4956BF #BF4991

square

#BFB249 #49BF77 #4956BF #BF4991

split-complementary

#BFB249 #4991BF #7749BF

monochromatic

#696125 #968B35 #BFB249 #CFC576 #DFD8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BFB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB249

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB249	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)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c880',
    500: '#bfb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb249;
$custom-light: #d5c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75428,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB249

secondary

#989ECC

accent

#5FD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB249

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

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