#BFB535#BFB535

#BFB535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.143 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB535
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -10.95, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 63.58, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0366 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.143 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6539, 44.3827, 9.8981)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB535 #353FBF

analogous

#BF7035 #BFB535 #84BF35

triadic

#BFB535 #35BFB5 #B535BF

tetradic

#BFB535 #35BF70 #353FBF #BF3584

square

#BFB535 #35BF70 #353FBF #BF3584

split-complementary

#BFB535 #3584BF #7035BF

monochromatic

#5F5A1A #8F8828 #BFB535 #D3CA5F #E0DA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BFB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB535

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB535	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.143 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca75',
    500: '#bfb535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb535;
$custom-light: #d6ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75904,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB535

secondary

#858ACA

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB535

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

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