#BFB040#BFB040

#BFB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB040
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -7.78, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 57.59, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0265 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9382, 42.4988, 11.0542)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB040 #404FBF

analogous

#BF7040 #BFB040 #8FBF40

triadic

#BFB040 #40BFB0 #B040BF

tetradic

#BFB040 #40BF70 #404FBF #BF408F

square

#BFB040 #40BF70 #404FBF #BF408F

split-complementary

#BFB040 #408FBF #7040BF

monochromatic

#635C21 #918631 #BFB040 #CEC36E #DED69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BFB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB040

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB040	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c77b',
    500: '#bfb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb040;
$custom-light: #d6c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB040

secondary

#9198CA

accent

#5FD94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB040

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

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