#BFB638#BFB638

#BFB638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.142 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB638
RGB	rgb(191, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -11.32, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 62.83, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0374 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9292, 44.8192, 10.3410)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB638 #3841BF

analogous

#BF7238 #BFB638 #84BF38

triadic

#BFB638 #38BFB6 #B638BF

tetradic

#BFB638 #38BF72 #3841BF #BF3884

square

#BFB638 #38BF72 #3841BF #BF3884

split-complementary

#BFB638 #3884BF #7238BF

monochromatic

#605C1C #90892A #BFB638 #D1CA63 #DFDA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFB638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BFB638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB638

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB638	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)

#C6AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cb77',
    500: '#bfb638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb638;
$custom-light: #d6cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7614,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB638

secondary

#898DCA

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB638

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

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