#BFB639#BFB639

#BFB639 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 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB639
RGB	rgb(191, 182, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -11.27, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 62.46, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0371 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9539, 44.8291, 10.4711)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB639 #3942BF

analogous

#BF7339 #BFB639 #85BF39

triadic

#BFB639 #39BFB6 #B639BF

tetradic

#BFB639 #39BF73 #3942BF #BF3985

square

#BFB639 #39BF73 #3942BF #BF3985

split-complementary

#BFB639 #3985BF #7339BF

monochromatic

#615C1D #90892B #BFB639 #D1CA64 #DFDA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BFB639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BFB639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB639

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB639	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 182, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cb77',
    500: '#bfb639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb639;
$custom-light: #d6cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76147,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB639

secondary

#8A8ECA

accent

#54DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB639

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

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