#BFB237#BFB237

#BFB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.139 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB237
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -9.30, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 61.82, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0318 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.139 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0975, 43.1946, 9.9443)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB237 #3744BF

analogous

#BF6E37 #BFB237 #88BF37

triadic

#BFB237 #37BFB2 #B237BF

tetradic

#BFB237 #37BF6E #3744BF #BF3788

square

#BFB237 #37BF6E #3744BF #BF3788

split-complementary

#BFB237 #3788BF #6E37BF

monochromatic

#60591C #8F8629 #BFB237 #D2C762 #DFD891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BFB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB237

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB237	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.139 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c876',
    500: '#bfb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb237;
$custom-light: #d6c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75274,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB237

secondary

#888ECA

accent

#57DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB237

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

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