#BFA437#BFA437

#BFA437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA437
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -1.94, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 57.45, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0108 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.128 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4527, 37.9050, 9.0627)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA437 #3752BF

analogous

#BF6037 #BFA437 #96BF37

triadic

#BFA437 #37BFA4 #A437BF

tetradic

#BFA437 #37BF60 #3752BF #BF3796

square

#BFA437 #37BF60 #3752BF #BF3796

split-complementary

#BFA437 #3796BF #6037BF

monochromatic

#60521C #8F7B29 #BFA437 #D2BB62 #DFD091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BFA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA437

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA437	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)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be74',
    500: '#bfa437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa437;
$custom-light: #d6be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72311,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA437

secondary

#8895CA

accent

#67DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA437

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

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