#BFB353#BFB353

#BFB353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB353
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -8.05, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 50.33, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0251 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.118 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1686, 43.9425, 14.6005)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB353 #535FBF

analogous

#BF7D53 #BFB353 #95BF53

triadic

#BFB353 #53BFB3 #B353BF

tetradic

#BFB353 #53BF7D #535FBF #BF5395

square

#BFB353 #53BF7D #535FBF #BF5395

split-complementary

#BFB353 #5395BF #7D53BF

monochromatic

#6E6729 #9B903A #BFB353 #D0C780 #E0DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BFB353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB353

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB353	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c986',
    500: '#bfb353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb353;
$custom-light: #d5c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75749,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB353

secondary

#A0A5CE

accent

#61D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB353

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

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