#BFA239#BFA239

#BFA239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA239
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -0.76, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 56.09, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0072 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.126 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1465, 37.2144, 9.2020)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA239 #3956BF

analogous

#BF5F39 #BFA239 #99BF39

triadic

#BFA239 #39BFA2 #A239BF

tetradic

#BFA239 #39BF5F #3956BF #BF3999

square

#BFA239 #39BF5F #3956BF #BF3999

split-complementary

#BFA239 #3999BF #5F39BF

monochromatic

#61521D #907A2B #BFA239 #D1B964 #DFCF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BFA239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA239

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA239	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)

#B39F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd75',
    500: '#bfa239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa239;
$custom-light: #d6bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7191,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA239

secondary

#8A98CA

accent

#6ADD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA239

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

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