#BFA140#BFA140

#BFA140 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA140
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 0.17, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 52.88, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0037 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.12 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1579, 36.9382, 10.1274)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA140 #405EBF

analogous

#BF6240 #BFA140 #9DBF40

triadic

#BFA140 #40BFA1 #A140BF

tetradic

#BFA140 #40BF62 #405EBF #BF409D

square

#BFA140 #40BF62 #405EBF #BF409D

split-complementary

#BFA140 #409DBF #6240BF

monochromatic

#635421 #917A31 #BFA140 #CEB86E #DECE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BFA140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BFA140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA140

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA140	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bc79',
    500: '#bfa140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa140;
$custom-light: #d6bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA140

secondary

#919ECA

accent

#6FD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA140

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

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