#BFB23A#BFB23A

#BFB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB23A
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 69.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -9.15, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 60.68, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.031 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.137 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1716, 43.2242, 10.3346)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB23A #3A47BF

analogous

#BF703A #BFB23A #8ABF3A

triadic

#BFB23A #3ABFB2 #B23ABF

tetradic

#BFB23A #3ABF70 #3A47BF #BF3A8A

square

#BFB23A #3ABF70 #3A47BF #BF3A8A

split-complementary

#BFB23A #3A8ABF #703ABF

monochromatic

#615B1D #90862C #BFB23A #D0C666 #DFD795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BFB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB23A

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB23A	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)

#C2AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c877',
    500: '#bfb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb23a;
$custom-light: #d6c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75296,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB23A

secondary

#8B91CA

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB23A

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

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