#BFB43B#BFB43B

#BFB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB43B
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -10.13, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 60.99, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0337 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5981, 44.0362, 10.6035)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB43B #3B46BF

analogous

#BF723B #BFB43B #88BF3B

triadic

#BFB43B #3BBFB4 #B43BBF

tetradic

#BFB43B #3BBF72 #3B46BF #BF3B88

square

#BFB43B #3BBF72 #3B46BF #BF3B88

split-complementary

#BFB43B #3B88BF #723BBF

monochromatic

#615C1E #90882D #BFB43B #D0C767 #DFD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BFB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB43B

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB43B	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca78',
    500: '#bfb43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb43b;
$custom-light: #d6ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75732,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB43B

secondary

#8C91CA

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB43B

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

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