#BFB037#BFB037

#BFB037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.138 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB037
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -8.26, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 61.15, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0288 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.138 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7024, 42.4045, 9.8126)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB037 #3746BF

analogous

#BF6C37 #BFB037 #8ABF37

triadic

#BFB037 #37BFB0 #B037BF

tetradic

#BFB037 #37BF6C #3746BF #BF378A

square

#BFB037 #37BF6C #3746BF #BF378A

split-complementary

#BFB037 #378ABF #6C37BF

monochromatic

#60581C #8F8429 #BFB037 #D2C562 #DFD791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BFB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB037

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB037	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.138 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c776',
    500: '#bfb037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb037;
$custom-light: #d6c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74846,
    "c": 0.13759,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB037

secondary

#888FCA

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB037

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

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