#BFB253#BFB253

#BFB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB253
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -7.53, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 49.95, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0236 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9689, 43.5431, 14.5339)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB253 #5360BF

analogous

#BF7C53 #BFB253 #96BF53

triadic

#BFB253 #53BFB2 #B253BF

tetradic

#BFB253 #53BF7C #5360BF #BF5396

square

#BFB253 #53BF7C #5360BF #BF5396

split-complementary

#BFB253 #5396BF #7C53BF

monochromatic

#6E6629 #9B8F3A #BFB253 #D0C680 #E0DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BFB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB253

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB253	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)

#C1AD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c886',
    500: '#bfb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb253;
$custom-light: #d5c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75536,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB253

secondary

#A0A5CE

accent

#62D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB253

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

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