#BFB545#BFB545

#BFB545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB545
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 63.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -10.07, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 57.31, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0324 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0854, 44.5552, 12.1703)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB545 #454FBF

analogous

#BF7845 #BFB545 #8CBF45

triadic

#BFB545 #45BFB5 #B545BF

tetradic

#BFB545 #45BF78 #454FBF #BF458C

square

#BFB545 #45BF78 #454FBF #BF458C

split-complementary

#BFB545 #458CBF #7845BF

monochromatic

#666123 #948C33 #BFB545 #CFC773 #DED9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BFB545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB545

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB545	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca7e',
    500: '#bfb545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb545;
$custom-light: #d5ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76031,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB545

secondary

#9599CB

accent

#5BD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB545

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

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