#BFA240#BFA240

#BFA240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA240
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -0.37, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 53.16, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0053 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.121 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3334, 37.2891, 10.1859)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA240 #405DBF

analogous

#BF6240 #BFA240 #9DBF40

triadic

#BFA240 #40BFA2 #A240BF

tetradic

#BFA240 #40BF62 #405DBF #BF409D

square

#BFA240 #40BF62 #405DBF #BF409D

split-complementary

#BFA240 #409DBF #6240BF

monochromatic

#635421 #917B31 #BFA240 #CEB86E #DECF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BFA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BFA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA240

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA240	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd79',
    500: '#bfa240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa240;
$custom-light: #d6bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71972,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA240

secondary

#919ECA

accent

#6ED94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA240

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

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