#BFBD52#BFBD52

#BFBD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.129 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBD52
RGB	rgb(191, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 57.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -13.28, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 54.81, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0401 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.129 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2076, 48.0819, 15.0911)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBD52 #5254BF

analogous

#BF8652 #BFBD52 #8ABF52

triadic

#BFBD52 #52BFBD #BD52BF

tetradic

#BFBD52 #52BF86 #5254BF #BF528A

square

#BFBD52 #52BF86 #5254BF #BF528A

split-complementary

#BFBD52 #528ABF #8652BF

monochromatic

#6E6D29 #9B9939 #BFBD52 #D0CE7F #E0DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFBD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BFBD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBD52

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBD52	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.129 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d086',
    500: '#bfbd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbd52;
$custom-light: #d5d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77882,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBD52

secondary

#9FA0CE

accent

#55D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBD52

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

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