#BFA431#BFA431

#BFA431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.132 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA431
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -2.22, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 59.74, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0123 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.132 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3176, 37.8510, 8.3509)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA431 #314CBF

analogous

#BF5D31 #BFA431 #93BF31

triadic

#BFA431 #31BFA4 #A431BF

tetradic

#BFA431 #31BF5D #314CBF #BF3193

square

#BFA431 #31BF5D #314CBF #BF3193

split-complementary

#BFA431 #3193BF #5D31BF

monochromatic

#5E5018 #8E7A25 #BFA431 #D4BD59 #E1D08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BFA431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA431

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA431	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)

#B5A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.132 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be71',
    500: '#bfa431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa431;
$custom-light: #d6be71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72267,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA431

secondary

#818FCB

accent

#63E245

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA431

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

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