#BFB937#BFB937

#BFB937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; 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	#BFB937
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -12.91, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 64.27, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0419 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.146 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5259, 46.0515, 10.4205)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB937 #373DBF

analogous

#BF7537 #BFB937 #81BF37

triadic

#BFB937 #37BFB9 #B937BF

tetradic

#BFB937 #37BF75 #373DBF #BF3781

square

#BFB937 #37BF75 #373DBF #BF3781

split-complementary

#BFB937 #3781BF #7537BF

monochromatic

#605D1C #8F8B29 #BFB937 #D2CD62 #DFDC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BFB937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB937

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB937	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)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.146 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd77',
    500: '#bfb937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb937;
$custom-light: #d6cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7678,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB937

secondary

#888BCA

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB937

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

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