#BFB42F#BFB42F

#BFB42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.146 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB42F
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 75.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -10.70, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 65.32, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0365 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.146 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3219, 43.9257, 9.1487)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB42F #2F3ABF

analogous

#BF6C2F #BFB42F #82BF2F

triadic

#BFB42F #2FBFB4 #B42FBF

tetradic

#BFB42F #2FBF6C #2F3ABF #BF2F82

square

#BFB42F #2FBF6C #2F3ABF #BF2F82

split-complementary

#BFB42F #2F82BF #6C2FBF

monochromatic

#5D5717 #8E8623 #BFB42F #D5CC56 #E1DB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BFB42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BFB42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB42F

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB42F	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)

#C4AE12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.146 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca72',
    500: '#bfb42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb42f;
$custom-light: #d6ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.417,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7565,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB42F

secondary

#7F85CB

accent

#50E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB42F

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

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