#BFB931#BFB931

#BFB931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.149 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB931
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -13.18, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 66.36, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0433 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.149 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3908, 45.9974, 9.7086)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB931 #3137BF

analogous

#BF7231 #BFB931 #7EBF31

triadic

#BFB931 #31BFB9 #B931BF

tetradic

#BFB931 #31BF72 #3137BF #BF317E

square

#BFB931 #31BF72 #3137BF #BF317E

split-complementary

#BFB931 #317EBF #7231BF

monochromatic

#5E5B18 #8E8A25 #BFB931 #D4CF59 #E1DD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BFB931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB931

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB931	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.149 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd74',
    500: '#bfb931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb931;
$custom-light: #d6cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76741,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB931

secondary

#8184CB

accent

#4CE245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB931

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

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