#BFB342#BFB342

#BFB342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.133 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB342
RGB	rgb(191, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -9.22, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 57.83, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0303 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.133 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5908, 43.7114, 11.5576)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB342 #424EBF

analogous

#BF7442 #BFB342 #8CBF42

triadic

#BFB342 #42BFB3 #B342BF

tetradic

#BFB342 #42BF74 #424EBF #BF428C

square

#BFB342 #42BF74 #424EBF #BF428C

split-complementary

#BFB342 #428CBF #7442BF

monochromatic

#655E22 #928932 #BFB342 #CEC570 #DED89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BFB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB342

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB342	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)

#C3AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.133 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c97c',
    500: '#bfb342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb342;
$custom-light: #d5c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75576,
    "c": 0.13254,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB342

secondary

#9398CA

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB342

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

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