#BFB238#BFB238

#BFB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.139 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB238
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -9.25, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 61.45, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0315 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.139 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1217, 43.2043, 10.0718)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB238 #3845BF

analogous

#BF6E38 #BFB238 #88BF38

triadic

#BFB238 #38BFB2 #B238BF

tetradic

#BFB238 #38BF6E #3845BF #BF3888

square

#BFB238 #38BF6E #3845BF #BF3888

split-complementary

#BFB238 #3888BF #6E38BF

monochromatic

#605A1C #90862A #BFB238 #D1C763 #DFD892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BFB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB238

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB238	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)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.139 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c876',
    500: '#bfb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb238;
$custom-light: #d6c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75281,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB238

secondary

#898FCA

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB238

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

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