#BFB23D#BFB23D

#BFB23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB23D
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 68.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -8.99, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 59.51, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0302 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2501, 43.2556, 10.7483)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB23D #3D4ABF

analogous

#BF713D #BFB23D #8BBF3D

triadic

#BFB23D #3DBFB2 #B23DBF

tetradic

#BFB23D #3DBF71 #3D4ABF #BF3D8B

square

#BFB23D #3DBF71 #3D4ABF #BF3D8B

split-complementary

#BFB23D #3D8BBF #713DBF

monochromatic

#625C1F #91872E #BFB23D #CFC56A #DED798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BFB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB23D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB23D	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)

#C2AC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c879',
    500: '#bfb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb23d;
$custom-light: #d6c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7532,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB23D

secondary

#8E94CA

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB23D

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

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