#BFB840#BFB840

#BFB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.139 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB840
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -11.92, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 60.48, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0382 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.139 106)
XYZ	xyz(39.5532, 45.7289, 11.5926)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB840 #4047BF

analogous

#BF7940 #BFB840 #86BF40

triadic

#BFB840 #40BFB8 #B840BF

tetradic

#BFB840 #40BF79 #4047BF #BF4086

square

#BFB840 #40BF79 #4047BF #BF4086

split-complementary

#BFB840 #4086BF #7940BF

monochromatic

#636021 #918C31 #BFB840 #CEC96E #DEDA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BFB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BFB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB840

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB840	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.139 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd7b',
    500: '#bfb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb840;
$custom-light: #d5cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76633,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.45728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB840

secondary

#9194CA

accent

#56D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB840

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

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