#BFB936#BFB936

#BFB936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.146 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB936
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -12.96, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 64.63, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0422 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.146 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5022, 46.0420, 10.2955)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB936 #363CBF

analogous

#BF7436 #BFB936 #80BF36

triadic

#BFB936 #36BFB9 #B936BF

tetradic

#BFB936 #36BF74 #363CBF #BF3680

square

#BFB936 #36BF74 #363CBF #BF3680

split-complementary

#BFB936 #3680BF #7436BF

monochromatic

#605D1B #8F8B29 #BFB936 #D2CD60 #E0DC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BFB936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB936

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB936	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)

#C9B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd76',
    500: '#bfb936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb936;
$custom-light: #d6cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76773,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB936

secondary

#8789CA

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB936

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

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