#BFB536#BFB536

#BFB536 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	#BFB536
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -10.90, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 63.22, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0364 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.143 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6772, 44.3920, 10.0205)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB536 #3640BF

analogous

#BF7036 #BFB536 #85BF36

triadic

#BFB536 #36BFB5 #B536BF

tetradic

#BFB536 #36BF70 #3640BF #BF3685

square

#BFB536 #36BF70 #3640BF #BF3685

split-complementary

#BFB536 #3685BF #7036BF

monochromatic

#605B1B #8F8829 #BFB536 #D2CA60 #E0DA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BFB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB536

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB536	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)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.143 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca76',
    500: '#bfb536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb536;
$custom-light: #d6ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7591,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB536

secondary

#878BCA

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB536

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

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