#BFBA36#BFBA36

#BFBA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.147 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA36
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -13.47, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 64.99, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0436 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.147 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7122, 46.4619, 10.3655)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA36 #363BBF

analogous

#BF7536 #BFBA36 #7FBF36

triadic

#BFBA36 #36BFBA #BA36BF

tetradic

#BFBA36 #36BF75 #363BBF #BF367F

square

#BFBA36 #36BF75 #363BBF #BF367F

split-complementary

#BFBA36 #367FBF #7536BF

monochromatic

#605D1B #8F8C29 #BFBA36 #D2CE60 #E0DD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFBA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BFBA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA36

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA36	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)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.147 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ce76',
    500: '#bfba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba36;
$custom-light: #d6ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA36

secondary

#8789CA

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA36

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

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