#BFA231#BFA231

#BFA231 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	#BFA231
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -1.15, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 59.20, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0093 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.131 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9624, 37.1408, 8.2325)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA231 #314EBF

analogous

#BF5B31 #BFA231 #95BF31

triadic

#BFA231 #31BFA2 #A231BF

tetradic

#BFA231 #31BF5B #314EBF #BF3195

square

#BFA231 #31BF5B #314EBF #BF3195

split-complementary

#BFA231 #3195BF #5B31BF

monochromatic

#5E4F18 #8E7925 #BFA231 #D4BB59 #E1CF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BFA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA231

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA231	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)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.131 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd71',
    500: '#bfa231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa231;
$custom-light: #d6bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71849,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA231

secondary

#8190CB

accent

#65E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA231

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

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