#BFCB38#BFCB38

#BFCB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.163 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFCB38
RGB	rgb(191, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -21.86, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 70.82, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0669 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.163 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5569, 54.0746, 11.8836)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFCB38 #4438CB

analogous

#CB8D38 #BFCB38 #75CB38

triadic

#BFCB38 #38BFCB #CB38BF

tetradic

#BFCB38 #38CB8D #4438CB #CB3875

square

#BFCB38 #38CB8D #4438CB #CB3875

split-complementary

#BFCB38 #3875CB #8D38CB

monochromatic

#666C1C #939D29 #BFCB38 #CFD869 #DEE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BFCB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BFCB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFCB38

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFCB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFCB38	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfcb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.163 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6da79',
    500: '#bfcb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfcb38;
$custom-light: #d6da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfcb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8072,
    "c": 0.16333,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFCB38

secondary

#373176

accent

#46E253

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFCB38

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

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