#BFB33B#BFB33B

#BFB33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB33B
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -9.62, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 60.64, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0322 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3970, 43.6339, 10.5365)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB33B #3B47BF

analogous

#BF713B #BFB33B #89BF3B

triadic

#BFB33B #3BBFB3 #B33BBF

tetradic

#BFB33B #3BBF71 #3B47BF #BF3B89

square

#BFB33B #3BBF71 #3B47BF #BF3B89

split-complementary

#BFB33B #3B89BF #713BBF

monochromatic

#615B1E #90872D #BFB33B #D0C767 #DFD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BFB33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB33B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB33B	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c978',
    500: '#bfb33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb33b;
$custom-light: #d6c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75518,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB33B

secondary

#8C91CA

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB33B

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

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