#BFBA3B#BFBA3B

#BFBA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.144 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA3B
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -13.22, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 63.16, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0424 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.144 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8357, 46.5113, 11.0160)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA3B #3B40BF

analogous

#BF783B #BFBA3B #82BF3B

triadic

#BFBA3B #3BBFBA #BA3BBF

tetradic

#BFBA3B #3BBF78 #3B40BF #BF3B82

square

#BFBA3B #3BBF78 #3B40BF #BF3B82

split-complementary

#BFBA3B #3B82BF #783BBF

monochromatic

#615F1E #908C2D #BFBA3B #D0CC67 #DFDC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFBA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BFBA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA3B

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA3B	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)

#C9B327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ce79',
    500: '#bfba3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba3b;
$custom-light: #d6ce79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77025,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA3B

secondary

#8C8ECA

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA3B

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

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