#BFB250#BFB250

#BFB250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB250
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -7.76, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 51.33, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0246 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8556, 43.4978, 13.9371)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB250 #505DBF

analogous

#BF7A50 #BFB250 #94BF50

triadic

#BFB250 #50BFB2 #B250BF

tetradic

#BFB250 #50BF7A #505DBF #BF5094

square

#BFB250 #50BF7A #505DBF #BF5094

split-complementary

#BFB250 #5094BF #7A50BF

monochromatic

#6D6528 #9A8E38 #BFB250 #CFC67D #E0D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BFB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB250

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB250	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c884',
    500: '#bfb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb250;
$custom-light: #d5c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75502,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB250

secondary

#9DA3CD

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB250

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

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