#BFB438#BFB438

#BFB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.140 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB438
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -10.29, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 62.13, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0344 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.14 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5225, 44.0059, 10.2054)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB438 #3843BF

analogous

#BF7038 #BFB438 #86BF38

triadic

#BFB438 #38BFB4 #B438BF

tetradic

#BFB438 #38BF70 #3843BF #BF3886

square

#BFB438 #38BF70 #3843BF #BF3886

split-complementary

#BFB438 #3886BF #7038BF

monochromatic

#605B1C #90872A #BFB438 #D1C863 #DFD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BFB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB438

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB438	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)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.140 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca77',
    500: '#bfb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb438;
$custom-light: #d6ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7571,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB438

secondary

#898ECA

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB438

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

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