#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
RGBrgb(191, 181, 51)
HSLhsl(56, 58%, 47%)
HSVhsv(56, 73%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.2%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(72.47, -11.04, 63.33)
CIE-LCHlch(72.47, 64.29, 99.89°)
OKLaboklab(75.89% -0.0371 0.1396)
OKLCHoklch(75.89% 0.144 104.9)
XYZxyz(38.6089, 44.3646, 9.6608)
Luminance0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##BFB5331.002.139.879.87
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8721.001.001.00
##0000009.8721.001.001.00

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

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#BFB533 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva