#BFBF38#BFBF38

#BFBF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.151 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFBF38
RGB	rgb(191, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -15.90, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 66.13, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0502 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.151 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8319, 48.6247, 10.9752)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFBF38 #3838BF

analogous

#BF7B38 #BFBF38 #7BBF38

triadic

#BFBF38 #38BFBF #BF38BF

tetradic

#BFBF38 #38BF7B #3838BF #BF387B

square

#BFBF38 #38BF7B #3838BF #BF387B

split-complementary

#BFBF38 #387BBF #7B38BF

monochromatic

#60601C #90902A #BFBF38 #D1D163 #DFDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BFBF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BFBF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFBF38

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFBF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFBF38	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfbf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.151 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d278',
    500: '#bfbf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfbf38;
$custom-light: #d6d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfbf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.15094,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFBF38

secondary

#8989CA

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFBF38

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

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