#BFB252#BFB252

#BFB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB252
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -7.60, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 50.41, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0239 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9306, 43.5278, 14.3320)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB252 #525FBF

analogous

#BF7B52 #BFB252 #95BF52

triadic

#BFB252 #52BFB2 #B252BF

tetradic

#BFB252 #52BF7B #525FBF #BF5295

square

#BFB252 #52BF7B #525FBF #BF5295

split-complementary

#BFB252 #5295BF #7B52BF

monochromatic

#6E6629 #9B8F39 #BFB252 #D0C67F #E0DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BFB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB252

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB252	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c886',
    500: '#bfb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb252;
$custom-light: #d5c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75525,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB252

secondary

#9FA5CE

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB252

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

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