#BFA436#BFA436

#BFA436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA436
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -1.99, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 57.84, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0111 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.129 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4290, 37.8956, 8.9378)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA436 #3651BF

analogous

#BF5F36 #BFA436 #95BF36

triadic

#BFA436 #36BFA4 #A436BF

tetradic

#BFA436 #36BF5F #3651BF #BF3695

square

#BFA436 #36BF5F #3651BF #BF3695

split-complementary

#BFA436 #3695BF #5F36BF

monochromatic

#60521B #8F7B29 #BFA436 #D2BC60 #E0D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BFA436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA436

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA436	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be74',
    500: '#bfa436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa436;
$custom-light: #d6be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA436

secondary

#8794CA

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA436

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

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