#BFB938#BFB938

#BFB938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB938
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -12.86, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 63.91, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0417 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5502, 46.0612, 10.5480)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB938 #383EBF

analogous

#BF7538 #BFB938 #81BF38

triadic

#BFB938 #38BFB9 #B938BF

tetradic

#BFB938 #38BF75 #383EBF #BF3881

square

#BFB938 #38BF75 #383EBF #BF3881

split-complementary

#BFB938 #3881BF #7538BF

monochromatic

#605D1C #908B2A #BFB938 #D1CC63 #DFDC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BFB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB938

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB938	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)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd77',
    500: '#bfb938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb938;
$custom-light: #d6cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76787,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB938

secondary

#898CCA

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB938

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

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