#BFB541#BFB541

#BFB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB541
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 66%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -10.32, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 58.97, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0336 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9654, 44.5072, 11.5382)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB541 #414BBF

analogous

#BF7641 #BFB541 #8ABF41

triadic

#BFB541 #41BFB5 #B541BF

tetradic

#BFB541 #41BF76 #414BBF #BF418A

square

#BFB541 #41BF76 #414BBF #BF418A

split-complementary

#BFB541 #418ABF #7641BF

monochromatic

#645F22 #928A31 #BFB541 #CEC76F #DED99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BFB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BFB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB541

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB541	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)

#C4AF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca7c',
    500: '#bfb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb541;
$custom-light: #d5ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75996,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB541

secondary

#9296CA

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB541

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

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