#BFB538#BFB538

#BFB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB538
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -10.81, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 62.48, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0359 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7251, 44.4111, 10.2730)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB538 #3842BF

analogous

#BF7238 #BFB538 #85BF38

triadic

#BFB538 #38BFB5 #B538BF

tetradic

#BFB538 #38BF72 #3842BF #BF3885

square

#BFB538 #38BF72 #3842BF #BF3885

split-complementary

#BFB538 #3885BF #7238BF

monochromatic

#605B1C #90882A #BFB538 #D1C963 #DFD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BFB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BFB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB538

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB538	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)

#C5AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca77',
    500: '#bfb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb538;
$custom-light: #d6ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75925,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB538

secondary

#898ECA

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB538

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

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