#BFB42B#BFB42B

#BFB42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.148 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB42B
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 77.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -10.86, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 66.60, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0373 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.148 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2449, 43.8949, 8.7431)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB42B #2B36BF

analogous

#BF6A2B #BFB42B #80BF2B

triadic

#BFB42B #2BBFB4 #B42BBF

tetradic

#BFB42B #2BBF6A #2B36BF #BF2B80

square

#BFB42B #2BBF6A #2B36BF #BF2B80

split-complementary

#BFB42B #2B80BF #6A2BBF

monochromatic

#5B5615 #8D8520 #BFB42B #D8CD50 #E3DC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BFB42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB42B

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB42B	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.148 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca70',
    500: '#bfb42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb42b;
$custom-light: #d6ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.541,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75627,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB42B

secondary

#7A80CC

accent

#4EE642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB42B

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

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