#BFA236#BFA236

#BFA236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.128 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA236
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -0.92, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 57.29, 90.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.008 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.128 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0739, 37.1853, 8.8194)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA236 #3653BF

analogous

#BF5D36 #BFA236 #97BF36

triadic

#BFA236 #36BFA2 #A236BF

tetradic

#BFA236 #36BF5D #3653BF #BF3697

square

#BFA236 #36BF5D #3653BF #BF3697

split-complementary

#BFA236 #3697BF #5D36BF

monochromatic

#60511B #8F7A29 #BFA236 #D2BA60 #E0CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BFA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA236

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA236	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.128 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd74',
    500: '#bfa236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa236;
$custom-light: #d6bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71886,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA236

secondary

#8795CA

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA236

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

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