#BFB549#BFB549

#BFB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.129 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB549
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -9.81, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 55.59, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0312 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(39.2137, 44.6066, 12.8464)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB549 #4953BF

analogous

#BF7A49 #BFB549 #8EBF49

triadic

#BFB549 #49BFB5 #B549BF

tetradic

#BFB549 #49BF7A #4953BF #BF498E

square

#BFB549 #49BF7A #4953BF #BF498E

split-complementary

#BFB549 #498EBF #7A49BF

monochromatic

#696325 #968E35 #BFB549 #CFC776 #DFDAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BFB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB549

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB549	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca80',
    500: '#bfb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb549;
$custom-light: #d5ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76069,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.44605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB549

secondary

#989CCC

accent

#5CD850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB549

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

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