#BFB939#BFB939

#BFB939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.144 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB939
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -12.81, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 63.54, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0414 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5749, 46.0711, 10.6781)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB939 #393FBF

analogous

#BF7639 #BFB939 #82BF39

triadic

#BFB939 #39BFB9 #B939BF

tetradic

#BFB939 #39BF76 #393FBF #BF3982

square

#BFB939 #39BF76 #393FBF #BF3982

split-complementary

#BFB939 #3982BF #7639BF

monochromatic

#615E1D #908B2B #BFB939 #D1CC64 #DFDC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BFB939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BFB939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB939

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB939	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)

#C9B224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cd78',
    500: '#bfb939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb939;
$custom-light: #d6cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76794,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB939

secondary

#8A8DCA

accent

#51DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB939

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

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