#BFB231#BFB231

#BFB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.143 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB231
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -9.58, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 63.98, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0331 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.143 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9623, 43.1405, 9.2324)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB231 #313EBF

analogous

#BF6B31 #BFB231 #85BF31

triadic

#BFB231 #31BFB2 #B231BF

tetradic

#BFB231 #31BF6B #313EBF #BF3185

square

#BFB231 #31BF6B #313EBF #BF3185

split-complementary

#BFB231 #3185BF #6B31BF

monochromatic

#5E5718 #8E8525 #BFB231 #D4C959 #E1D98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BFB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB231

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB231	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.143 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c873',
    500: '#bfb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb231;
$custom-light: #d6c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75233,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB231

secondary

#8188CB

accent

#54E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB231

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

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