#BFA42E#BFA42E

#BFA42E 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 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA42E
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -2.35, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 60.82, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.013 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.134 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2563, 37.8265, 8.0285)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA42E #2E49BF

analogous

#BF5C2E #BFA42E #92BF2E

triadic

#BFA42E #2EBFA4 #A42EBF

tetradic

#BFA42E #2EBF5C #2E49BF #BF2E92

square

#BFA42E #2EBF5C #2E49BF #BF2E92

split-complementary

#BFA42E #2E92BF #5C2EBF

monochromatic

#5C4F16 #8E7A22 #BFA42E #D6BE54 #E2D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BFA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA42E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA42E	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be70',
    500: '#bfa42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa42e;
$custom-light: #d6be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA42E

secondary

#7E8CCB

accent

#61E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA42E

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

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