#BFB039#BFB039

#BFB039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB039
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -8.16, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 60.39, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0283 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(37.7514, 42.4241, 10.0702)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB039 #3948BF

analogous

#BF6D39 #BFB039 #8BBF39

triadic

#BFB039 #39BFB0 #B039BF

tetradic

#BFB039 #39BF6D #3948BF #BF398B

square

#BFB039 #39BF6D #3948BF #BF398B

split-complementary

#BFB039 #398BBF #6D39BF

monochromatic

#61591D #90852B #BFB039 #D1C564 #DFD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFB039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BFB039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB039

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB039	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)

#C0AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c777',
    500: '#bfb039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb039;
$custom-light: #d6c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74861,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.42422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB039

secondary

#8A91CA

accent

#5BDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB039

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

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