#BFB533#BFB533

#BFB533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.144 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB533
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -11.04, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 64.29, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0371 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.144 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6089, 44.3646, 9.6608)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB533 #333DBF

analogous

#BF6F33 #BFB533 #83BF33

triadic

#BFB533 #33BFB5 #B533BF

tetradic

#BFB533 #33BF6F #333DBF #BF3383

square

#BFB533 #33BF6F #333DBF #BF3383

split-complementary

#BFB533 #3383BF #6F33BF

monochromatic

#5E5919 #8F8726 #BFB533 #D3CB5C #E0DA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BFB533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB533

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB533	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.144 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca74',
    500: '#bfb533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb533;
$custom-light: #d6ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7589,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB533

secondary

#8388CB

accent

#52E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB533

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

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