#BFB539#BFB539

#BFB539 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	#BFB539
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -10.76, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 62.11, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0357 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7498, 44.4210, 10.4031)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB539 #3943BF

analogous

#BF7239 #BFB539 #86BF39

triadic

#BFB539 #39BFB5 #B539BF

tetradic

#BFB539 #39BF72 #3943BF #BF3986

square

#BFB539 #39BF72 #3943BF #BF3986

split-complementary

#BFB539 #3986BF #7239BF

monochromatic

#615C1D #90882B #BFB539 #D1C964 #DFD993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BFB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB539

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB539	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C5AF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca77',
    500: '#bfb539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb539;
$custom-light: #d6ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75932,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB539

secondary

#8A8FCA

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB539

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

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