#BFA039#BFA039

#BFA039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.124 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA039
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 0.31, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 55.56, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0042 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.124 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7970, 36.5154, 9.0855)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA039 #3958BF

analogous

#BF5D39 #BFA039 #9BBF39

triadic

#BFA039 #39BFA0 #A039BF

tetradic

#BFA039 #39BF5D #3958BF #BF399B

square

#BFA039 #39BF5D #3958BF #BF399B

split-complementary

#BFA039 #399BBF #5D39BF

monochromatic

#61511D #90792B #BFA039 #D1B864 #DFCD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BFA039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BFA039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA039

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA039	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)

#B19E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.124 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb75',
    500: '#bfa039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa039;
$custom-light: #d6bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71495,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA039

secondary

#8A99CA

accent

#6CDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA039

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

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