#BFB831#BFB831

#BFB831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.148 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB831
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -12.67, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 66.01, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0418 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.148 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1823, 45.5805, 9.6391)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB831 #3138BF

analogous

#BF7131 #BFB831 #7FBF31

triadic

#BFB831 #31BFB8 #B831BF

tetradic

#BFB831 #31BF71 #3138BF #BF317F

square

#BFB831 #31BF71 #3138BF #BF317F

split-complementary

#BFB831 #317FBF #7131BF

monochromatic

#5E5A18 #8E8925 #BFB831 #D4CE59 #E1DD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BFB831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BFB831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB831

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB831	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.148 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd73',
    500: '#bfb831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb831;
$custom-light: #d6cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76525,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB831

secondary

#8185CB

accent

#4DE245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB831

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

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