#BFB351#BFB351

#BFB351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB351
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -8.20, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 51.25, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0257 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0925, 43.9121, 14.1997)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB351 #515DBF

analogous

#BF7C51 #BFB351 #94BF51

triadic

#BFB351 #51BFB3 #B351BF

tetradic

#BFB351 #51BF7C #515DBF #BF5194

square

#BFB351 #51BF7C #515DBF #BF5194

split-complementary

#BFB351 #5194BF #7C51BF

monochromatic

#6D6628 #9A8F39 #BFB351 #CFC77E #E0DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BFB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB351

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB351	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c985',
    500: '#bfb351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb351;
$custom-light: #d5c985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75726,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB351

secondary

#9EA3CE

accent

#60D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB351

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

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