#BFB949#BFB949

#BFB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.133 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB949
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -11.87, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 57.13, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0371 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.133 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0388, 46.2566, 13.1214)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB949 #494FBF

analogous

#BF7E49 #BFB949 #8ABF49

triadic

#BFB949 #49BFB9 #B949BF

tetradic

#BFB949 #49BF7E #494FBF #BF498A

square

#BFB949 #49BF7E #494FBF #BF498A

split-complementary

#BFB949 #498ABF #7E49BF

monochromatic

#696525 #969135 #BFB949 #CFCA76 #DFDCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BFB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BFB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB949

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB949	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.133 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd81',
    500: '#bfb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb949;
$custom-light: #d5cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76928,
    "c": 0.13281,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB949

secondary

#989BCC

accent

#57D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB949

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

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