#BFB142#BFB142

#BFB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB142
RGB	rgb(191, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -8.18, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 57.11, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0274 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.131 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1929, 42.9156, 11.4249)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB142 #4250BF

analogous

#BF7242 #BFB142 #8EBF42

triadic

#BFB142 #42BFB1 #B142BF

tetradic

#BFB142 #42BF72 #4250BF #BF428E

square

#BFB142 #42BF72 #4250BF #BF428E

split-complementary

#BFB142 #428EBF #7242BF

monochromatic

#655D22 #928732 #BFB142 #CEC470 #DED79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BFB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BFB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB142

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB142	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c87c',
    500: '#bfb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb142;
$custom-light: #d5c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75149,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB142

secondary

#9399CA

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB142

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

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