#BFB835#BFB835

#BFB835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.146 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB835
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -12.49, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 64.63, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0409 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.146 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2705, 45.6158, 10.1036)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB835 #353CBF

analogous

#BF7335 #BFB835 #81BF35

triadic

#BFB835 #35BFB8 #B835BF

tetradic

#BFB835 #35BF73 #353CBF #BF3581

square

#BFB835 #35BF73 #353CBF #BF3581

split-complementary

#BFB835 #3581BF #7335BF

monochromatic

#5F5C1A #8F8A28 #BFB835 #D3CD5F #E0DC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BFB835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BFB835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB835

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB835	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#C8B11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.146 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd75',
    500: '#bfb835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb835;
$custom-light: #d6cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7655,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB835

secondary

#8589CA

accent

#50E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB835

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

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