#BFB232#BFB232

#BFB232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.142 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB232
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 73.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -9.54, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 63.63, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0329 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.142 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9837, 43.1490, 9.3448)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB232 #323FBF

analogous

#BF6C32 #BFB232 #86BF32

triadic

#BFB232 #32BFB2 #B232BF

tetradic

#BFB232 #32BF6C #323FBF #BF3286

square

#BFB232 #32BF6C #323FBF #BF3286

split-complementary

#BFB232 #3286BF #6C32BF

monochromatic

#5E5819 #8E8525 #BFB232 #D4C95A #E1D98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BFB232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB232

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB232	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)

#C2AC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.142 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c873',
    500: '#bfb232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb232;
$custom-light: #d6c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75239,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB232

secondary

#8289CB

accent

#54E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB232

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

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