#BFB53B#BFB53B

#BFB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB53B
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -10.65, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 61.35, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0352 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8007, 44.4414, 10.6710)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB53B #3B45BF

analogous

#BF733B #BFB53B #87BF3B

triadic

#BFB53B #3BBFB5 #B53BBF

tetradic

#BFB53B #3BBF73 #3B45BF #BF3B87

square

#BFB53B #3BBF73 #3B45BF #BF3B87

split-complementary

#BFB53B #3B87BF #733BBF

monochromatic

#615C1E #90892D #BFB53B #D0C867 #DFD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BFB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB53B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB53B	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca78',
    500: '#bfb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb53b;
$custom-light: #d6ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75947,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB53B

secondary

#8C91CA

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB53B

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

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