#BFB234#BFB234

#BFB234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.141 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB234
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 72.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -9.45, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 62.92, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0325 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.141 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0277, 43.1667, 9.5771)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB234 #3441BF

analogous

#BF6C34 #BFB234 #87BF34

triadic

#BFB234 #34BFB2 #B234BF

tetradic

#BFB234 #34BF6C #3441BF #BF3487

square

#BFB234 #34BF6C #3441BF #BF3487

split-complementary

#BFB234 #3487BF #6C34BF

monochromatic

#5F581A #8F8527 #BFB234 #D3C85D #E0D88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BFB234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB234

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB234	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)

#C2AC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.141 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c874',
    500: '#bfb234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb234;
$custom-light: #d6c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75253,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB234

secondary

#848BCA

accent

#56E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB234

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

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