#BFA136#BFA136

#BFA136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA136
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -0.38, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 57.02, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0065 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.127 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8984, 36.8344, 8.7609)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA136 #3654BF

analogous

#BF5C36 #BFA136 #98BF36

triadic

#BFA136 #36BFA1 #A136BF

tetradic

#BFA136 #36BF5C #3654BF #BF3698

square

#BFA136 #36BF5C #3654BF #BF3698

split-complementary

#BFA136 #3698BF #5C36BF

monochromatic

#60511B #8F7929 #BFA136 #D2B960 #E0CE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BFA136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BFA136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA136

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA136	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bc74',
    500: '#bfa136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa136;
$custom-light: #d6bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71678,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA136

secondary

#8795CA

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA136

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

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