#BFBA37#BFBA37

#BFBA37 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	#BFBA37
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -13.42, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 64.64, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0434 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.147 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7359, 46.4714, 10.4904)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA37 #373CBF

analogous

#BF7637 #BFBA37 #80BF37

triadic

#BFBA37 #37BFBA #BA37BF

tetradic

#BFBA37 #37BF76 #373CBF #BF3780

square

#BFBA37 #37BF76 #373CBF #BF3780

split-complementary

#BFBA37 #3780BF #7637BF

monochromatic

#605D1C #8F8C29 #BFBA37 #D2CE62 #DFDC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFBA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BFBA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA37

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA37	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.147 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ce77',
    500: '#bfba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba37;
$custom-light: #d6ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76996,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA37

secondary

#888ACA

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA37

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

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