#BFB242#BFB242

#BFB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB242
RGB	rgb(191, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -8.70, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 57.47, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0289 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3912, 43.3120, 11.4910)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB242 #424FBF

analogous

#BF7342 #BFB242 #8DBF42

triadic

#BFB242 #42BFB2 #B242BF

tetradic

#BFB242 #42BF73 #424FBF #BF428D

square

#BFB242 #42BF73 #424FBF #BF428D

split-complementary

#BFB242 #428DBF #7342BF

monochromatic

#655E22 #928832 #BFB242 #CEC570 #DED79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BFB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BFB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB242

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB242	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)

#C2AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.132 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c87c',
    500: '#bfb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb242;
$custom-light: #d5c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75362,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB242

secondary

#9398CA

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB242

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

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