#BFA234#BFA234

#BFA234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.129 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA234
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 72.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -1.01, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 58.07, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0085 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.129 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0279, 37.1669, 8.5771)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA234 #3451BF

analogous

#BF5C34 #BFA234 #97BF34

triadic

#BFA234 #34BFA2 #A234BF

tetradic

#BFA234 #34BF5C #3451BF #BF3497

square

#BFA234 #34BF5C #3451BF #BF3497

split-complementary

#BFA234 #3497BF #5C34BF

monochromatic

#5F501A #8F7927 #BFA234 #D3BA5D #E0CF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BFA234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA234

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA234	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)

#B39F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.129 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd73',
    500: '#bfa234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa234;
$custom-light: #d6bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71871,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA234

secondary

#8493CA

accent

#67E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA234

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

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