#BFB251#BFB251

#BFB251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB251
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -7.68, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 50.87, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0242 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.119 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8928, 43.5127, 14.1331)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB251 #515EBF

analogous

#BF7B51 #BFB251 #95BF51

triadic

#BFB251 #51BFB2 #B251BF

tetradic

#BFB251 #51BF7B #515EBF #BF5195

square

#BFB251 #51BF7B #515EBF #BF5195

split-complementary

#BFB251 #5195BF #7B51BF

monochromatic

#6D6528 #9A8F39 #BFB251 #CFC67E #E0DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BFB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB251

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB251	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c885',
    500: '#bfb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb251;
$custom-light: #d5c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75513,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB251

secondary

#9EA4CE

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB251

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

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