#BFA338#BFA338

#BFA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA338
RGB	rgb(191, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -1.35, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 56.77, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0091 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.127 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2987, 37.5582, 9.1308)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA338 #3854BF

analogous

#BF6038 #BFA338 #97BF38

triadic

#BFA338 #38BFA3 #A338BF

tetradic

#BFA338 #38BF60 #3854BF #BF3897

square

#BFA338 #38BF60 #3854BF #BF3897

split-complementary

#BFA338 #3897BF #6038BF

monochromatic

#60521C #907B2A #BFA338 #D1BA63 #DFCF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BFA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BFA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA338

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA338	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd75',
    500: '#bfa338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa338;
$custom-light: #d6bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA338

secondary

#8996CA

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA338

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

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