#BFBA38#BFBA38

#BFBA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.146 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA38
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -13.37, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 64.27, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0431 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.146 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7601, 46.4811, 10.6180)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA38 #383DBF

analogous

#BF7638 #BFBA38 #80BF38

triadic

#BFBA38 #38BFBA #BA38BF

tetradic

#BFBA38 #38BF76 #383DBF #BF3880

square

#BFBA38 #38BF76 #383DBF #BF3880

split-complementary

#BFBA38 #3880BF #7638BF

monochromatic

#605E1C #908C2A #BFBA38 #D1CD63 #DFDC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BFBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA38

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA38	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.146 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ce77',
    500: '#bfba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba38;
$custom-light: #d6ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77003,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA38

secondary

#898BCA

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA38

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

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