#BFB440#BFB440

#BFB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB440
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -9.86, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 59.01, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0324 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.135 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7341, 44.0905, 11.3195)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB440 #404BBF

analogous

#BF7440 #BFB440 #8BBF40

triadic

#BFB440 #40BFB4 #B440BF

tetradic

#BFB440 #40BF74 #404BBF #BF408B

square

#BFB440 #40BF74 #404BBF #BF408B

split-complementary

#BFB440 #408BBF #7440BF

monochromatic

#635E21 #918931 #BFB440 #CEC66E #DED89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BFB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB440

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB440	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca7b',
    500: '#bfb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb440;
$custom-light: #d5ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB440

secondary

#9196CA

accent

#5BD94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB440

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

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