#BFA237#BFA237

#BFA237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA237
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -0.87, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 56.90, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0078 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.127 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0976, 37.1948, 8.9444)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA237 #3754BF

analogous

#BF5E37 #BFA237 #98BF37

triadic

#BFA237 #37BFA2 #A237BF

tetradic

#BFA237 #37BF5E #3754BF #BF3798

square

#BFA237 #37BF5E #3754BF #BF3798

split-complementary

#BFA237 #3798BF #5E37BF

monochromatic

#60511C #8F7A29 #BFA237 #D2BA62 #DFCF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BFA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA237

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA237	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)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd74',
    500: '#bfa237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa237;
$custom-light: #d6bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71894,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA237

secondary

#8896CA

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA237

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

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