#BFA438#BFA438

#BFA438 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	#BFA438
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -1.88, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 57.05, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0106 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.128 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4769, 37.9147, 9.1902)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA438 #3853BF

analogous

#BF6038 #BFA438 #96BF38

triadic

#BFA438 #38BFA4 #A438BF

tetradic

#BFA438 #38BF60 #3853BF #BF3896

square

#BFA438 #38BF60 #3853BF #BF3896

split-complementary

#BFA438 #3896BF #6038BF

monochromatic

#60531C #907B2A #BFA438 #D1BB63 #DFD092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BFA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA438

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA438	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)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be75',
    500: '#bfa438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa438;
$custom-light: #d6be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72319,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA438

secondary

#8996CA

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA438

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

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