#BFA036#BFA036

#BFA036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA036
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 0.16, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 56.76, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.005 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.126 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7244, 36.4863, 8.7029)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA036 #3655BF

analogous

#BF5B36 #BFA036 #99BF36

triadic

#BFA036 #36BFA0 #A036BF

tetradic

#BFA036 #36BF5B #3655BF #BF3699

square

#BFA036 #36BF5B #3655BF #BF3699

split-complementary

#BFA036 #3699BF #5B36BF

monochromatic

#60501B #8F7829 #BFA036 #D2B860 #E0CE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BFA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BFA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA036

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA036	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb74',
    500: '#bfa036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa036;
$custom-light: #d6bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA036

secondary

#8796CA

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA036

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

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