#BFB537#BFB537

#BFB537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB537
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -10.85, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 62.85, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0361 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7009, 44.4014, 10.1455)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB537 #3741BF

analogous

#BF7137 #BFB537 #85BF37

triadic

#BFB537 #37BFB5 #B537BF

tetradic

#BFB537 #37BF71 #3741BF #BF3785

square

#BFB537 #37BF71 #3741BF #BF3785

split-complementary

#BFB537 #3785BF #7137BF

monochromatic

#605B1C #8F8829 #BFB537 #D2C962 #DFDA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BFB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB537

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB537	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)

#C5AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca76',
    500: '#bfb537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb537;
$custom-light: #d6ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75918,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB537

secondary

#888CCA

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB537

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

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