#BFB23B#BFB23B

#BFB23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB23B
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -9.10, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 60.29, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0308 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.137 103)
XYZ	xyz(38.1973, 43.2345, 10.4699)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB23B #3B48BF

analogous

#BF703B #BFB23B #8ABF3B

triadic

#BFB23B #3BBFB2 #B23BBF

tetradic

#BFB23B #3BBF70 #3B48BF #BF3B8A

square

#BFB23B #3BBF70 #3B48BF #BF3B8A

split-complementary

#BFB23B #3B8ABF #703BBF

monochromatic

#615B1E #90862D #BFB23B #D0C667 #DFD796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BFB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB23B

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB23B	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c878',
    500: '#bfb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb23b;
$custom-light: #d6c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75304,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.43233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB23B

secondary

#8C92CA

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB23B

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

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