#BFB837#BFB837

#BFB837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.145 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB837
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -12.40, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 63.91, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0405 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.145 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3175, 45.6346, 10.3510)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB837 #373EBF

analogous

#BF7437 #BFB837 #82BF37

triadic

#BFB837 #37BFB8 #B837BF

tetradic

#BFB837 #37BF74 #373EBF #BF3782

square

#BFB837 #37BF74 #373EBF #BF3782

split-complementary

#BFB837 #3782BF #7437BF

monochromatic

#605C1C #8F8A29 #BFB837 #D2CC62 #DFDB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BFB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BFB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB837

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB837	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.145 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd76',
    500: '#bfb837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb837;
$custom-light: #d6cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76564,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB837

secondary

#888BCA

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB837

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

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