#BFA038#BFA038

#BFA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA038
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 0.26, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 55.96, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0044 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.125 92)
XYZ	xyz(34.7723, 36.5055, 8.9554)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA038 #3857BF

analogous

#BF5C38 #BFA038 #9ABF38

triadic

#BFA038 #38BFA0 #A038BF

tetradic

#BFA038 #38BF5C #3857BF #BF389A

square

#BFA038 #38BF5C #3857BF #BF389A

split-complementary

#BFA038 #389ABF #5C38BF

monochromatic

#60511C #90782A #BFA038 #D1B863 #DFCD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BFA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BFA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA038

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA038	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)

#B19E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb75',
    500: '#bfa038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa038;
$custom-light: #d6bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71487,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.36504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA038

secondary

#8998CA

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA038

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

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