#BFB42C#BFB42C

#BFB42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.147 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB42C
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -10.82, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 66.29, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0371 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.147 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2634, 43.9023, 8.8409)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB42C #2C37BF

analogous

#BF6A2C #BFB42C #80BF2C

triadic

#BFB42C #2CBFB4 #B42CBF

tetradic

#BFB42C #2CBF6A #2C37BF #BF2C80

square

#BFB42C #2CBF6A #2C37BF #BF2C80

split-complementary

#BFB42C #2C80BF #6A2CBF

monochromatic

#5C5615 #8D8521 #BFB42C #D7CD51 #E2DB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BFB42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB42C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB42C	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)

#C4AE08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.147 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca71',
    500: '#bfb42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb42c;
$custom-light: #d6ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB42C

secondary

#7B81CC

accent

#4EE642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB42C

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

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