#BFA43A#BFA43A

#BFA43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA43A
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 69.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -1.78, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 56.25, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.01 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.126 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5268, 37.9347, 9.4530)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA43A #3A55BF

analogous

#BF623A #BFA43A #98BF3A

triadic

#BFA43A #3ABFA4 #A43ABF

tetradic

#BFA43A #3ABF62 #3A55BF #BF3A98

square

#BFA43A #3ABF62 #3A55BF #BF3A98

split-complementary

#BFA43A #3A98BF #623ABF

monochromatic

#61531D #907C2C #BFA43A #D0BB66 #DFD095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BFA43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA43A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA43A	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be76',
    500: '#bfa43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa43a;
$custom-light: #d6be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA43A

secondary

#8B98CA

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA43A

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

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