#BFB442#BFB442

#BFB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB442
RGB	rgb(191, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -9.74, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 58.19, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0318 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7920, 44.1137, 11.6246)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB442 #424DBF

analogous

#BF7542 #BFB442 #8BBF42

triadic

#BFB442 #42BFB4 #B442BF

tetradic

#BFB442 #42BF75 #424DBF #BF428B

square

#BFB442 #42BF75 #424DBF #BF428B

split-complementary

#BFB442 #428BBF #7542BF

monochromatic

#655F22 #928A32 #BFB442 #CEC670 #DED89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BFB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BFB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB442

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB442	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)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca7c',
    500: '#bfb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb442;
$custom-light: #d5ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7579,
    "c": 0.13346,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB442

secondary

#9397CA

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB442

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

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