#BFBA50#BFBA50

#BFBA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.128 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA50
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -11.90, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 54.47, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0364 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.128 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4940, 46.7746, 14.4832)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA50 #5055BF

analogous

#BF8250 #BFBA50 #8CBF50

triadic

#BFBA50 #50BFBA #BA50BF

tetradic

#BFBA50 #50BF82 #5055BF #BF508C

square

#BFBA50 #50BF82 #5055BF #BF508C

split-complementary

#BFBA50 #508CBF #8250BF

monochromatic

#6D6A28 #9A9538 #BFBA50 #CFCC7D #E0DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BFBA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BFBA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA50

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA50	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.128 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce85',
    500: '#bfba50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba50;
$custom-light: #d5ce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77214,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA50

secondary

#9DA0CD

accent

#58D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA50

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

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