#BFB637#BFB637

#BFB637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.143 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB637
RGB	rgb(191, 182, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -11.37, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 63.20, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0376 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9050, 44.8096, 10.2135)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB637 #3740BF

analogous

#BF7237 #BFB637 #84BF37

triadic

#BFB637 #37BFB6 #B637BF

tetradic

#BFB637 #37BF72 #3740BF #BF3784

square

#BFB637 #37BF72 #3740BF #BF3784

split-complementary

#BFB637 #3784BF #7237BF

monochromatic

#605B1C #8F8929 #BFB637 #D2CA62 #DFDA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFB637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BFB637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB637

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB637	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 182, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cb76',
    500: '#bfb637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb637;
$custom-light: #d6cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76133,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB637

secondary

#888CCA

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB637

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

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