#BFBA51#BFBA51

#BFBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.127 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA51
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -11.82, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 54.02, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0361 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.127 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5312, 46.7895, 14.6792)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA51 #5156BF

analogous

#BF8351 #BFBA51 #8DBF51

triadic

#BFBA51 #51BFBA #BA51BF

tetradic

#BFBA51 #51BF83 #5156BF #BF518D

square

#BFBA51 #51BF83 #5156BF #BF518D

split-complementary

#BFBA51 #518DBF #8351BF

monochromatic

#6D6A28 #9A9639 #BFBA51 #CFCC7E #E0DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BFBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BFBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA51

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA51	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.127 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce86',
    500: '#bfba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba51;
$custom-light: #d5ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77225,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA51

secondary

#9EA0CE

accent

#58D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA51

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

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