#BFB740#BFB740

#BFB740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.138 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB740
RGB	rgb(191, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -11.40, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 60.11, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0368 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.138 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3462, 45.3149, 11.5236)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB740 #4048BF

analogous

#BF7740 #BFB740 #88BF40

triadic

#BFB740 #40BFB7 #B740BF

tetradic

#BFB740 #40BF77 #4048BF #BF4088

square

#BFB740 #40BF77 #4048BF #BF4088

split-complementary

#BFB740 #4088BF #7740BF

monochromatic

#635F21 #918B31 #BFB740 #CEC86E #DEDA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BFB740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BFB740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB740

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB740	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.138 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc7b',
    500: '#bfb740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb740;
$custom-light: #d5cc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76417,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB740

secondary

#9195CA

accent

#57D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB740

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

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