#BFBB40#BFBB40

#BFBB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.142 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBB40
RGB	rgb(191, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -13.45, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 61.61, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0425 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.142 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1830, 46.9885, 11.8025)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBB40 #4044BF

analogous

#BF7B40 #BFBB40 #84BF40

triadic

#BFBB40 #40BFBB #BB40BF

tetradic

#BFBB40 #40BF7B #4044BF #BF4084

square

#BFBB40 #40BF7B #4044BF #BF4084

split-complementary

#BFBB40 #4084BF #7B40BF

monochromatic

#636121 #918E31 #BFBB40 #CECB6E #DEDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BFBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BFBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBB40

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBB40	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.142 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7c',
    500: '#bfbb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbb40;
$custom-light: #d5cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77281,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBB40

secondary

#9193CA

accent

#53D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBB40

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

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