#BFA235#BFA235

#BFA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA235
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -0.97, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 57.68, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0083 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.128 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0506, 37.1761, 8.6970)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA235 #3552BF

analogous

#BF5D35 #BFA235 #97BF35

triadic

#BFA235 #35BFA2 #A235BF

tetradic

#BFA235 #35BF5D #3552BF #BF3597

square

#BFA235 #35BF5D #3552BF #BF3597

split-complementary

#BFA235 #3597BF #5D35BF

monochromatic

#5F511A #8F7928 #BFA235 #D3BA5F #E0CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BFA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA235

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA235	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)

#B39F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd73',
    500: '#bfa235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa235;
$custom-light: #d6bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71879,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA235

secondary

#8594CA

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA235

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

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