#BFB935#BFB935

#BFB935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.147 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB935
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -13.00, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 64.99, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0424 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.147 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4790, 46.0327, 10.1731)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB935 #353BBF

analogous

#BF7435 #BFB935 #80BF35

triadic

#BFB935 #35BFB9 #B935BF

tetradic

#BFB935 #35BF74 #353BBF #BF3580

square

#BFB935 #35BF74 #353BBF #BF3580

split-complementary

#BFB935 #3580BF #7435BF

monochromatic

#5F5C1A #8F8B28 #BFB935 #D3CD5F #E0DC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BFB935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB935

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB935	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.147 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd75',
    500: '#bfb935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb935;
$custom-light: #d6cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76766,
    "c": 0.14695,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB935

secondary

#8588CA

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB935

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

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