#BFB553#BFB553

#BFB553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.120 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB553
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -9.09, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 51.11, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.028 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.12 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5724, 44.7500, 14.7351)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB553 #535DBF

analogous

#BF7F53 #BFB553 #93BF53

triadic

#BFB553 #53BFB5 #B553BF

tetradic

#BFB553 #53BF7F #535DBF #BF5393

square

#BFB553 #53BF7F #535DBF #BF5393

split-complementary

#BFB553 #5393BF #7F53BF

monochromatic

#6E6829 #9B923A #BFB553 #D0C880 #E0DBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFB553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BFB553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB553

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB553	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.120 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca87',
    500: '#bfb553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb553;
$custom-light: #d5ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76175,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB553

secondary

#A0A4CE

accent

#5FD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB553

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

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