#BFB240#BFB240

#BFB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB240
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -8.82, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 58.30, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0294 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3332, 43.2889, 11.1859)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB240 #404DBF

analogous

#BF7240 #BFB240 #8DBF40

triadic

#BFB240 #40BFB2 #B240BF

tetradic

#BFB240 #40BF72 #404DBF #BF408D

square

#BFB240 #40BF72 #404DBF #BF408D

split-complementary

#BFB240 #408DBF #7240BF

monochromatic

#635D21 #918731 #BFB240 #CEC46E #DED79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BFB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB240

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB240	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c87b',
    500: '#bfb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb240;
$custom-light: #d6c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75345,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB240

secondary

#9197CA

accent

#5DD94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB240

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

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