#BFB138#BFB138

#BFB138 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	#BFB138
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -8.73, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 61.11, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0301 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9234, 42.8078, 10.0057)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB138 #3846BF

analogous

#BF6D38 #BFB138 #89BF38

triadic

#BFB138 #38BFB1 #B138BF

tetradic

#BFB138 #38BF6D #3846BF #BF3889

square

#BFB138 #38BF6D #3846BF #BF3889

split-complementary

#BFB138 #3889BF #6D38BF

monochromatic

#60591C #90852A #BFB138 #D1C663 #DFD792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BFB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BFB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB138

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB138	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)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c876',
    500: '#bfb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb138;
$custom-light: #d6c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75067,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB138

secondary

#898FCA

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB138

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

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