#BFB532#BFB532

#BFB532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.145 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB532
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 73.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -11.09, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 64.64, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0373 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.145 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5871, 44.3559, 9.5460)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB532 #323CBF

analogous

#BF6F32 #BFB532 #82BF32

triadic

#BFB532 #32BFB5 #B532BF

tetradic

#BFB532 #32BF6F #323CBF #BF3282

square

#BFB532 #32BF6F #323CBF #BF3282

split-complementary

#BFB532 #3282BF #6F32BF

monochromatic

#5E5919 #8E8725 #BFB532 #D4CB5A #E1DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BFB532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB532

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB532	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.145 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca74',
    500: '#bfb532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb532;
$custom-light: #d6ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75884,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB532

secondary

#8287CB

accent

#51E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB532

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

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