#BFB836#BFB836

#BFB836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.145 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB836
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -12.44, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 64.27, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0407 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.145 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2938, 45.6251, 10.2260)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB836 #363DBF

analogous

#BF7336 #BFB836 #82BF36

triadic

#BFB836 #36BFB8 #B836BF

tetradic

#BFB836 #36BF73 #363DBF #BF3682

square

#BFB836 #36BF73 #363DBF #BF3682

split-complementary

#BFB836 #3682BF #7336BF

monochromatic

#605C1B #8F8A29 #BFB836 #D2CC60 #E0DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BFB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BFB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB836

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB836	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)

#C8B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.145 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd76',
    500: '#bfb836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb836;
$custom-light: #d6cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76557,
    "c": 0.1454,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB836

secondary

#878ACA

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB836

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

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