#BFB42D#BFB42D

#BFB42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.147 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB42D
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 76.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -10.78, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 65.97, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0369 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.147 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2825, 43.9099, 8.9411)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB42D #2D38BF

analogous

#BF6B2D #BFB42D #81BF2D

triadic

#BFB42D #2DBFB4 #B42DBF

tetradic

#BFB42D #2DBF6B #2D38BF #BF2D81

square

#BFB42D #2DBF6B #2D38BF #BF2D81

split-complementary

#BFB42D #2D81BF #6B2DBF

monochromatic

#5C5716 #8D8521 #BFB42D #D6CD53 #E2DB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BFB42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB42D

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB42D	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)

#C4AE0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.147 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca71',
    500: '#bfb42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb42d;
$custom-light: #d6ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.479,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75638,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB42D

secondary

#7C82CB

accent

#4FE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB42D

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

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