#BFBC40#BFBC40

#BFBC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.143 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBC40
RGB	rgb(191, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -13.96, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 62.00, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.044 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.143 108)
XYZ	xyz(40.3959, 47.4142, 11.8734)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBC40 #4043BF

analogous

#BF7D40 #BFBC40 #82BF40

triadic

#BFBC40 #40BFBC #BC40BF

tetradic

#BFBC40 #40BF7D #4043BF #BF4082

square

#BFBC40 #40BF7D #4043BF #BF4082

split-complementary

#BFBC40 #4082BF #7D40BF

monochromatic

#636221 #918F31 #BFBC40 #CECC6E #DEDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BFBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BFBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBC40

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBC40	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.143 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7c',
    500: '#bfbc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbc40;
$custom-light: #d5cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77497,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.47413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBC40

secondary

#9192CA

accent

#52D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBC40

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

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