#BFB436#BFB436

#BFB436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.142 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB436
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -10.39, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 62.87, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0349 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.142 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4746, 43.9867, 9.9530)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB436 #3641BF

analogous

#BF6F36 #BFB436 #86BF36

triadic

#BFB436 #36BFB4 #B436BF

tetradic

#BFB436 #36BF6F #3641BF #BF3686

square

#BFB436 #36BF6F #3641BF #BF3686

split-complementary

#BFB436 #3686BF #6F36BF

monochromatic

#605A1B #8F8729 #BFB436 #D2C960 #E0D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BFB436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB436

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB436	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.142 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca75',
    500: '#bfb436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb436;
$custom-light: #d6ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75696,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB436

secondary

#878CCA

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB436

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

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