#BFB451#BFB451

#BFB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB451
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -8.72, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 51.64, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0272 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.121 103)
XYZ	xyz(39.2937, 44.3144, 14.2667)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB451 #515CBF

analogous

#BF7D51 #BFB451 #93BF51

triadic

#BFB451 #51BFB4 #B451BF

tetradic

#BFB451 #51BF7D #515CBF #BF5193

square

#BFB451 #51BF7D #515CBF #BF5193

split-complementary

#BFB451 #5193BF #7D51BF

monochromatic

#6D6628 #9A9039 #BFB451 #CFC77E #E0DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BFB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB451

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB451	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca85',
    500: '#bfb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb451;
$custom-light: #d5ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75939,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.44313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB451

secondary

#9EA3CE

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB451

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

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