#BFBC36#BFBC36

#BFBC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.149 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC36
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -14.48, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 65.72, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0464 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.149 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1364, 47.3104, 10.5069)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC36 #3639BF

analogous

#BF7736 #BFBC36 #7DBF36

triadic

#BFBC36 #36BFBC #BC36BF

tetradic

#BFBC36 #36BF77 #3639BF #BF367D

square

#BFBC36 #36BF77 #3639BF #BF367D

split-complementary

#BFBC36 #367DBF #7736BF

monochromatic

#605E1B #8F8D29 #BFBC36 #D2D060 #E0DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFBC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BFBC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC36

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC36	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.149 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cf76',
    500: '#bfbc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc36;
$custom-light: #d6cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77423,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC36

secondary

#8788CA

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC36

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

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