#BFB951#BFB951

#BFB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.126 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB951
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -11.31, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 53.62, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0346 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.126 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3213, 46.3696, 14.6092)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB951 #5157BF

analogous

#BF8251 #BFB951 #8EBF51

triadic

#BFB951 #51BFB9 #B951BF

tetradic

#BFB951 #51BF82 #5157BF #BF518E

square

#BFB951 #51BF82 #5157BF #BF518E

split-complementary

#BFB951 #518EBF #8251BF

monochromatic

#6D6A28 #9A9539 #BFB951 #CFCB7E #E0DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BFB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB951

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB951	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)

#C7B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.126 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd86',
    500: '#bfb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb951;
$custom-light: #d5cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7701,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB951

secondary

#9EA1CE

accent

#59D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB951

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

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