#BFA42D#BFA42D

#BFA42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA42D
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 76.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -2.39, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 61.17, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0132 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.134 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2369, 37.8187, 7.9259)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA42D #2D48BF

analogous

#BF5B2D #BFA42D #91BF2D

triadic

#BFA42D #2DBFA4 #A42DBF

tetradic

#BFA42D #2DBF5B #2D48BF #BF2D91

square

#BFA42D #2DBF5B #2D48BF #BF2D91

split-complementary

#BFA42D #2D91BF #5B2DBF

monochromatic

#5C4F16 #8D7921 #BFA42D #D6BE53 #E2D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BFA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA42D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA42D	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)

#B5A115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be6f',
    500: '#bfa42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa42d;
$custom-light: #d6be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7224,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA42D

secondary

#7C8BCB

accent

#61E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA42D

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

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