#BFB137#BFB137

#BFB137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB137
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -8.78, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 61.48, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0303 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8992, 42.7981, 9.8782)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB137 #3745BF

analogous

#BF6D37 #BFB137 #89BF37

triadic

#BFB137 #37BFB1 #B137BF

tetradic

#BFB137 #37BF6D #3745BF #BF3789

square

#BFB137 #37BF6D #3745BF #BF3789

split-complementary

#BFB137 #3789BF #6D37BF

monochromatic

#60591C #8F8529 #BFB137 #D2C662 #DFD791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFB137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BFB137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB137

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB137	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c876',
    500: '#bfb137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb137;
$custom-light: #d6c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7506,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB137

secondary

#888ECA

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB137

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

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