#BFB853#BFB853

#BFB853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.123 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB853
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -10.64, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 52.31, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0325 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.123 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1889, 45.9832, 14.9406)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB853 #535ABF

analogous

#BF8253 #BFB853 #90BF53

triadic

#BFB853 #53BFB8 #B853BF

tetradic

#BFB853 #53BF82 #535ABF #BF5390

square

#BFB853 #53BF82 #535ABF #BF5390

split-complementary

#BFB853 #5390BF #8253BF

monochromatic

#6E6A29 #9B953A #BFB853 #D0CA80 #E0DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BFB853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB853

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB853	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.123 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd87',
    500: '#bfb853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb853;
$custom-light: #d5cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76817,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB853

secondary

#A0A3CE

accent

#5BD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB853

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

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