#BFA42F#BFA42F

#BFA42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA42F
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 75.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -2.31, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 60.47, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0128 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.133 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2763, 37.8345, 8.1335)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA42F #2F4ABF

analogous

#BF5C2F #BFA42F #92BF2F

triadic

#BFA42F #2FBFA4 #A42FBF

tetradic

#BFA42F #2FBF5C #2F4ABF #BF2F92

square

#BFA42F #2FBF5C #2F4ABF #BF2F92

split-complementary

#BFA42F #2F92BF #5C2FBF

monochromatic

#5D5017 #8E7A23 #BFA42F #D5BD56 #E1D087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BFA42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA42F

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA42F	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)

#B5A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be70',
    500: '#bfa42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa42f;
$custom-light: #d6be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA42F

secondary

#7F8DCB

accent

#62E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA42F

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

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