#BFB236#BFB236

#BFB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB236
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -9.35, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 62.19, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.032 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.14 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0738, 43.1851, 9.8193)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB236 #3643BF

analogous

#BF6E36 #BFB236 #87BF36

triadic

#BFB236 #36BFB2 #B236BF

tetradic

#BFB236 #36BF6E #3643BF #BF3687

square

#BFB236 #36BF6E #3643BF #BF3687

split-complementary

#BFB236 #3687BF #6E36BF

monochromatic

#60591B #8F8629 #BFB236 #D2C760 #E0D890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BFB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB236

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB236	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c875',
    500: '#bfb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb236;
$custom-light: #d6c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75267,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB236

secondary

#878DCA

accent

#57DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB236

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

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