#BFB550#BFB550

#BFB550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.123 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB550
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -9.32, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 52.48, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.029 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.123 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4590, 44.7047, 14.1382)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB550 #505ABF

analogous

#BF7D50 #BFB550 #91BF50

triadic

#BFB550 #50BFB5 #B550BF

tetradic

#BFB550 #50BF7D #505ABF #BF5091

square

#BFB550 #50BF7D #505ABF #BF5091

split-complementary

#BFB550 #5091BF #7D50BF

monochromatic

#6D6728 #9A9138 #BFB550 #CFC87D #E0DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BFB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB550

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB550	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.123 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca85',
    500: '#bfb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb550;
$custom-light: #d5ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76142,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB550

secondary

#9DA2CD

accent

#5ED652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB550

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

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