#BFB349#BFB349

#BFB349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB349
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -8.77, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 54.84, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0283 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.127 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8100, 43.7991, 12.7118)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB349 #4955BF

analogous

#BF7849 #BFB349 #90BF49

triadic

#BFB349 #49BFB3 #B349BF

tetradic

#BFB349 #49BF78 #4955BF #BF4990

square

#BFB349 #49BF78 #4955BF #BF4990

split-complementary

#BFB349 #4990BF #7849BF

monochromatic

#696225 #968C35 #BFB349 #CFC676 #DFD9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BFB349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB349

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB349	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c980',
    500: '#bfb349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb349;
$custom-light: #d5c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75642,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB349

secondary

#989DCC

accent

#5ED850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB349

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

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