#BFBA33#BFBA33

#BFBA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.149 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA33
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 73.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -13.60, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 66.04, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0443 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.149 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6439, 46.4346, 10.0058)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA33 #3338BF

analogous

#BF7433 #BFBA33 #7EBF33

triadic

#BFBA33 #33BFBA #BA33BF

tetradic

#BFBA33 #33BF74 #3338BF #BF337E

square

#BFBA33 #33BF74 #3338BF #BF337E

split-complementary

#BFBA33 #337EBF #7433BF

monochromatic

#5E5C19 #8F8B26 #BFBA33 #D3CF5C #E0DD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFBA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BFBA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA33

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA33	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.149 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ce75',
    500: '#bfba33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba33;
$custom-light: #d6ce75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7697,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA33

secondary

#8386CB

accent

#4CE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA33

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

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