#BFA42C#BFA42C

#BFA42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA42C
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -2.43, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 61.52, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0134 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.135 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2178, 37.8111, 7.8257)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA42C #2C47BF

analogous

#BF5B2C #BFA42C #90BF2C

triadic

#BFA42C #2CBFA4 #A42CBF

tetradic

#BFA42C #2CBF5B #2C47BF #BF2C90

square

#BFA42C #2CBF5B #2C47BF #BF2C90

split-complementary

#BFA42C #2C90BF #5B2CBF

monochromatic

#5C4F15 #8D7921 #BFA42C #D7BE51 #E2D183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BFA42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA42C

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA42C	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)

#B6A113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be6f',
    500: '#bfa42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa42c;
$custom-light: #d6be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA42C

secondary

#7B8ACC

accent

#60E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA42C

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

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