#BFA040#BFA040

#BFA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA040
RGB	rgb(191, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 0.71, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 52.61, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0022 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.119 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9839, 36.5901, 10.0694)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA040 #405FBF

analogous

#BF6040 #BFA040 #9FBF40

triadic

#BFA040 #40BFA0 #A040BF

tetradic

#BFA040 #40BF60 #405FBF #BF409F

square

#BFA040 #40BF60 #405FBF #BF409F

split-complementary

#BFA040 #409FBF #6040BF

monochromatic

#635321 #917A31 #BFA040 #CEB76E #DECE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BFA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BFA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA040

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA040	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb79',
    500: '#bfa040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa040;
$custom-light: #d6bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71558,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA040

secondary

#919FCA

accent

#70D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA040

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

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