#BFA42A#BFA42A

#BFA42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA42A
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 78%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -2.51, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 62.19, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0138 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.136 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1811, 37.7964, 7.6324)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA42A #2A45BF

analogous

#BF5A2A #BFA42A #8FBF2A

triadic

#BFA42A #2ABFA4 #A42ABF

tetradic

#BFA42A #2ABF5A #2A45BF #BF2A8F

square

#BFA42A #2ABF5A #2A45BF #BF2A8F

split-complementary

#BFA42A #2A8FBF #5A2ABF

monochromatic

#5B4E14 #8D791F #BFA42A #D8BF4E #E3D180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BFA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA42A

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA42A	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A00E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7be6e',
    500: '#bfa42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa42a;
$custom-light: #d7be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.128,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72222,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA42A

secondary

#7988CC

accent

#5FE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA42A

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

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