#BFBC38#BFBC38

#BFBC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.148 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC38
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -14.39, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 65.01, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.046 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.148 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1844, 47.3296, 10.7594)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC38 #383BBF

analogous

#BF7838 #BFBC38 #7EBF38

triadic

#BFBC38 #38BFBC #BC38BF

tetradic

#BFBC38 #38BF78 #383BBF #BF387E

square

#BFBC38 #38BF78 #383BBF #BF387E

split-complementary

#BFBC38 #387EBF #7838BF

monochromatic

#605F1C #908D2A #BFBC38 #D1CF63 #DFDD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BFBC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BFBC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC38

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC38	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.148 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6cf77',
    500: '#bfbc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc38;
$custom-light: #d6cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77437,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC38

secondary

#898ACA

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC38

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

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