#BFB336#BFB336

#BFB336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB336
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -9.87, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 62.53, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0335 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2734, 43.5845, 9.8859)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB336 #3642BF

analogous

#BF6F36 #BFB336 #86BF36

triadic

#BFB336 #36BFB3 #B336BF

tetradic

#BFB336 #36BF6F #3642BF #BF3686

square

#BFB336 #36BF6F #3642BF #BF3686

split-complementary

#BFB336 #3686BF #6F36BF

monochromatic

#605A1B #8F8629 #BFB336 #D2C860 #E0D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BFB336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB336

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB336	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c975',
    500: '#bfb336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb336;
$custom-light: #d6c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75481,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB336

secondary

#878CCA

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB336

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

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