#BFBA52#BFBA52

#BFBA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.126 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA52
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -11.75, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 53.57, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0357 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.126 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5690, 46.8046, 14.8782)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA52 #5257BF

analogous

#BF8352 #BFBA52 #8DBF52

triadic

#BFBA52 #52BFBA #BA52BF

tetradic

#BFBA52 #52BF83 #5257BF #BF528D

square

#BFBA52 #52BF83 #5257BF #BF528D

split-complementary

#BFBA52 #528DBF #8352BF

monochromatic

#6E6B29 #9B9639 #BFBA52 #D0CC7F #E0DEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BFBA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BFBA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA52

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA52	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)

#C8B447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.126 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce86',
    500: '#bfba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba52;
$custom-light: #d5ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77236,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA52

secondary

#9FA1CE

accent

#58D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA52

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

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