#BFB340#BFB340

#BFB340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.134 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB340
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -9.34, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 58.65, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0309 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.134 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5329, 43.6882, 11.2525)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB340 #404CBF

analogous

#BF7440 #BFB340 #8BBF40

triadic

#BFB340 #40BFB3 #B340BF

tetradic

#BFB340 #40BF74 #404CBF #BF408B

square

#BFB340 #40BF74 #404CBF #BF408B

split-complementary

#BFB340 #408BBF #7440BF

monochromatic

#635D21 #918831 #BFB340 #CEC56E #DED79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BFB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB340

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB340	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.134 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c97b',
    500: '#bfb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb340;
$custom-light: #d6c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB340

secondary

#9196CA

accent

#5CD94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB340

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

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