#BFA238#BFA238

#BFA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA238
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -0.82, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 56.50, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0075 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.126 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1218, 37.2045, 9.0719)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA238 #3855BF

analogous

#BF5E38 #BFA238 #98BF38

triadic

#BFA238 #38BFA2 #A238BF

tetradic

#BFA238 #38BF5E #3855BF #BF3898

square

#BFA238 #38BF5E #3855BF #BF3898

split-complementary

#BFA238 #3898BF #5E38BF

monochromatic

#60521C #907A2A #BFA238 #D1BA63 #DFCF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BFA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA238

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA238	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd75',
    500: '#bfa238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa238;
$custom-light: #d6bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71902,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA238

secondary

#8997CA

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA238

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

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