#BFB838#BFB838

#BFB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.144 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB838
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -12.35, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 63.55, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0402 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.144 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3417, 45.6443, 10.4785)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB838 #383FBF

analogous

#BF7438 #BFB838 #82BF38

triadic

#BFB838 #38BFB8 #B838BF

tetradic

#BFB838 #38BF74 #383FBF #BF3882

square

#BFB838 #38BF74 #383FBF #BF3882

split-complementary

#BFB838 #3882BF #7438BF

monochromatic

#605D1C #908A2A #BFB838 #D1CC63 #DFDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BFB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BFB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB838

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB838	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)

#C8B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.144 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd77',
    500: '#bfb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb838;
$custom-light: #d6cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76571,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB838

secondary

#898CCA

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB838

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

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