#BFB437#BFB437

#BFB437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB437
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -10.34, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 62.51, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0347 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4983, 43.9962, 10.0779)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB437 #3742BF

analogous

#BF7037 #BFB437 #86BF37

triadic

#BFB437 #37BFB4 #B437BF

tetradic

#BFB437 #37BF70 #3742BF #BF3786

square

#BFB437 #37BF70 #3742BF #BF3786

split-complementary

#BFB437 #3786BF #7037BF

monochromatic

#605A1C #8F8729 #BFB437 #D2C962 #DFD991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BFB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB437

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB437	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)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca76',
    500: '#bfb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb437;
$custom-light: #d6ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75703,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB437

secondary

#888DCA

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB437

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

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