#BFBA42#BFBA42

#BFBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.139 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBA42
RGB	rgb(191, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -12.83, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 60.43, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0406 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.139 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0296, 46.5888, 12.0371)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBA42 #4247BF

analogous

#BF7B42 #BFBA42 #85BF42

triadic

#BFBA42 #42BFBA #BA42BF

tetradic

#BFBA42 #42BF7B #4247BF #BF4285

square

#BFBA42 #42BF7B #4247BF #BF4285

split-complementary

#BFBA42 #4285BF #7B42BF

monochromatic

#656222 #928E32 #BFBA42 #CECB70 #DEDB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BFBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBA42

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBA42	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.139 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce7d',
    500: '#bfba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfba42;
$custom-light: #d5ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77081,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBA42

secondary

#9395CA

accent

#54D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBA42

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

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