#BFA23B#BFA23B

#BFA23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.124 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA23B
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -0.66, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 55.28, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0067 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.124 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1974, 37.2348, 9.4699)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA23B #3B58BF

analogous

#BF603B #BFA23B #9ABF3B

triadic

#BFA23B #3BBFA2 #A23BBF

tetradic

#BFA23B #3BBF60 #3B58BF #BF3B9A

square

#BFA23B #3BBF60 #3B58BF #BF3B9A

split-complementary

#BFA23B #3B9ABF #603BBF

monochromatic

#61531E #907A2D #BFA23B #D0B967 #DFCF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BFA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BFA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA23B

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA23B	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.124 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd77',
    500: '#bfa23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa23b;
$custom-light: #d6bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71927,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA23B

secondary

#8C99CA

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA23B

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

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