#BFA137#BFA137

#BFA137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA137
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -0.33, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 56.63, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0062 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.126 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9222, 36.8439, 8.8859)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA137 #3755BF

analogous

#BF5D37 #BFA137 #99BF37

triadic

#BFA137 #37BFA1 #A137BF

tetradic

#BFA137 #37BF5D #3755BF #BF3799

square

#BFA137 #37BF5D #3755BF #BF3799

split-complementary

#BFA137 #3799BF #5D37BF

monochromatic

#60511C #8F7929 #BFA137 #D2B962 #DFCE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BFA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BFA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA137

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA137	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)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bc74',
    500: '#bfa137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa137;
$custom-light: #d6bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71686,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA137

secondary

#8896CA

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA137

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

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