#BFA22C#BFA22C

#BFA22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.134 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA22C
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -1.37, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 60.99, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0104 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.134 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8627, 37.1009, 7.7073)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA22C #2C49BF

analogous

#BF582C #BFA22C #92BF2C

triadic

#BFA22C #2CBFA2 #A22CBF

tetradic

#BFA22C #2CBF58 #2C49BF #BF2C92

square

#BFA22C #2CBF58 #2C49BF #BF2C92

split-complementary

#BFA22C #2C92BF #582CBF

monochromatic

#5C4E15 #8D7821 #BFA22C #D7BD51 #E2D083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BFA22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA22C

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA22C	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.134 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bd6f',
    500: '#bfa22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa22c;
$custom-light: #d7bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA22C

secondary

#7B8BCC

accent

#62E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA22C

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

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