#BFA138#BFA138

#BFA138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA138
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -0.28, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 56.23, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.006 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.126 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9464, 36.8536, 9.0134)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA138 #3856BF

analogous

#BF5D38 #BFA138 #99BF38

triadic

#BFA138 #38BFA1 #A138BF

tetradic

#BFA138 #38BF5D #3856BF #BF3899

square

#BFA138 #38BF5D #3856BF #BF3899

split-complementary

#BFA138 #3899BF #5D38BF

monochromatic

#60511C #90792A #BFA138 #D1B963 #DFCE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BFA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BFA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA138

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA138	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bc75',
    500: '#bfa138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa138;
$custom-light: #d6bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA138

secondary

#8997CA

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA138

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

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