#BFB038#BFB038

#BFB038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB038
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -8.21, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 60.77, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0286 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(37.7267, 42.4142, 9.9401)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB038 #3847BF

analogous

#BF6C38 #BFB038 #8ABF38

triadic

#BFB038 #38BFB0 #B038BF

tetradic

#BFB038 #38BF6C #3847BF #BF388A

square

#BFB038 #38BF6C #3847BF #BF388A

split-complementary

#BFB038 #388ABF #6C38BF

monochromatic

#60591C #90842A #BFB038 #D1C563 #DFD792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFB038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BFB038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB038

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB038	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#C0AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c776',
    500: '#bfb038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb038;
$custom-light: #d6c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74854,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.42413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB038

secondary

#8990CA

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB038

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

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