#BFA230#BFA230

#BFA230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.131 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA230
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 74.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -1.20, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 59.57, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0095 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.131 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9416, 37.1324, 8.1226)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA230 #304DBF

analogous

#BF5A30 #BFA230 #95BF30

triadic

#BFA230 #30BFA2 #A230BF

tetradic

#BFA230 #30BF5A #304DBF #BF3095

square

#BFA230 #30BF5A #304DBF #BF3095

split-complementary

#BFA230 #3095BF #5A30BF

monochromatic

#5D4F17 #8E7924 #BFA230 #D5BB57 #E1CF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BFA230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA230

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA230	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd71',
    500: '#bfa230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa230;
$custom-light: #d6bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA230

secondary

#808FCB

accent

#65E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA230

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

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