#BFB540#BFB540

#BFB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.136 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB540
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -10.37, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 59.37, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0338 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.136 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9367, 44.4957, 11.3870)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB540 #404ABF

analogous

#BF7640 #BFB540 #89BF40

triadic

#BFB540 #40BFB5 #B540BF

tetradic

#BFB540 #40BF76 #404ABF #BF4089

square

#BFB540 #40BF76 #404ABF #BF4089

split-complementary

#BFB540 #4089BF #7640BF

monochromatic

#635E21 #918A31 #BFB540 #CEC76E #DED99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BFB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB540

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB540	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.136 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca7b',
    500: '#bfb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb540;
$custom-light: #d5ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75987,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB540

secondary

#9195CA

accent

#59D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB540

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

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