#BFB235#BFB235

#BFB235 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	#BFB235
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -9.40, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 62.56, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0322 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.141 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0505, 43.1758, 9.6969)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB235 #3542BF

analogous

#BF6D35 #BFB235 #87BF35

triadic

#BFB235 #35BFB2 #B235BF

tetradic

#BFB235 #35BF6D #3542BF #BF3587

square

#BFB235 #35BF6D #3542BF #BF3587

split-complementary

#BFB235 #3587BF #6D35BF

monochromatic

#5F591A #8F8528 #BFB235 #D3C85F #E0D88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BFB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB235

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB235	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)

#C2AC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.141 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c875',
    500: '#bfb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb235;
$custom-light: #d6c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7526,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB235

secondary

#858CCA

accent

#56E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB235

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

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