#BFB739#BFB739

#BFB739 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	#BFB739
RGB	rgb(191, 183, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -11.78, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 62.82, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0386 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.143 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1594, 45.2402, 10.5396)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB739 #3941BF

analogous

#BF7439 #BFB739 #84BF39

triadic

#BFB739 #39BFB7 #B739BF

tetradic

#BFB739 #39BF74 #3941BF #BF3984

square

#BFB739 #39BF74 #3941BF #BF3984

split-complementary

#BFB739 #3984BF #7439BF

monochromatic

#615D1D #908A2B #BFB739 #D1CA64 #DFDA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BFB739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BFB739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB739

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB739	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)

#C7B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 183, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.143 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cc77',
    500: '#bfb739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb739;
$custom-light: #d6cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB739

secondary

#8A8ECA

accent

#53DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB739

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

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