#BFB738#BFB738

#BFB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.143 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB738
RGB	rgb(191, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -11.83, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 63.19, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0388 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1347, 45.2303, 10.4095)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB738 #3840BF

analogous

#BF7338 #BFB738 #84BF38

triadic

#BFB738 #38BFB7 #B738BF

tetradic

#BFB738 #38BF73 #3840BF #BF3884

square

#BFB738 #38BF73 #3840BF #BF3884

split-complementary

#BFB738 #3884BF #7338BF

monochromatic

#605C1C #908A2A #BFB738 #D1CB63 #DFDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BFB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BFB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB738

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB738	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cc77',
    500: '#bfb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb738;
$custom-light: #d6cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB738

secondary

#898DCA

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB738

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

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