#BFA037#BFA037

#BFA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA037
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 0.21, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 56.36, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0047 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.126 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7481, 36.4958, 8.8279)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA037 #3756BF

analogous

#BF5C37 #BFA037 #9ABF37

triadic

#BFA037 #37BFA0 #A037BF

tetradic

#BFA037 #37BF5C #3756BF #BF379A

square

#BFA037 #37BF5C #3756BF #BF379A

split-complementary

#BFA037 #379ABF #5C37BF

monochromatic

#60501C #8F7829 #BFA037 #D2B862 #DFCD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BFA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BFA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA037

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA037	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)

#B19E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb74',
    500: '#bfa037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa037;
$custom-light: #d6bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71479,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA037

secondary

#8897CA

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA037

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

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