#BFB950#BFB950

#BFB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.127 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB950
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -11.38, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 54.07, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0349 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.127 106)
XYZ	xyz(40.2841, 46.3548, 14.4132)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB950 #5056BF

analogous

#BF8150 #BFB950 #8DBF50

triadic

#BFB950 #50BFB9 #B950BF

tetradic

#BFB950 #50BF81 #5056BF #BF508D

square

#BFB950 #50BF81 #5056BF #BF508D

split-complementary

#BFB950 #508DBF #8150BF

monochromatic

#6D6928 #9A9438 #BFB950 #CFCB7D #E0DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BFB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB950

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB950	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.127 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd85',
    500: '#bfb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb950;
$custom-light: #d5cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76999,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.46353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB950

secondary

#9DA0CD

accent

#59D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB950

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

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