#BFBA48#BFBA48

#BFBA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.135 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA48
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -12.45, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 57.95, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0388 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.135 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2158, 46.6633, 13.0181)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA48 #484DBF

analogous

#BF7F48 #BFBA48 #89BF48

triadic

#BFBA48 #48BFBA #BA48BF

tetradic

#BFBA48 #48BF7F #484DBF #BF4889

square

#BFBA48 #48BF7F #484DBF #BF4889

split-complementary

#BFBA48 #4889BF #7F48BF

monochromatic

#686524 #969134 #BFBA48 #CFCB75 #DFDCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BFBA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BFBA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA48

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA48	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.135 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce80',
    500: '#bfba48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba48;
$custom-light: #d5ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77134,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA48

secondary

#9799CC

accent

#56D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA48

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

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