#BFB042#BFB042

#BFB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB042
RGB	rgb(191, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -7.66, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 56.76, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0259 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9961, 42.5220, 11.3593)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB042 #4251BF

analogous

#BF7142 #BFB042 #8FBF42

triadic

#BFB042 #42BFB0 #B042BF

tetradic

#BFB042 #42BF71 #4251BF #BF428F

square

#BFB042 #42BF71 #4251BF #BF428F

split-complementary

#BFB042 #428FBF #7142BF

monochromatic

#655D22 #928732 #BFB042 #CEC370 #DED69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BFB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BFB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB042

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB042	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c77c',
    500: '#bfb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb042;
$custom-light: #d5c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74936,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB042

secondary

#9399CA

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB042

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

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