#BFB52B#BFB52B

#BFB52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.149 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB52B
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 77.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -11.38, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 66.93, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0387 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.149 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4475, 44.3001, 8.8106)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB52B #2B35BF

analogous

#BF6B2B #BFB52B #7FBF2B

triadic

#BFB52B #2BBFB5 #B52BBF

tetradic

#BFB52B #2BBF6B #2B35BF #BF2B7F

square

#BFB52B #2BBF6B #2B35BF #BF2B7F

split-complementary

#BFB52B #2B7FBF #6B2BBF

monochromatic

#5B5615 #8D8620 #BFB52B #D8CE50 #E3DC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BFB52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB52B

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB52B	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)

#C5AE04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.149 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca70',
    500: '#bfb52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb52b;
$custom-light: #d6ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75842,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB52B

secondary

#7A80CC

accent

#4DE642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB52B

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

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