#BFA43B#BFA43B

#BFA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA43B
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -1.72, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 55.84, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0098 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.126 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5525, 37.9450, 9.5883)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA43B #3B56BF

analogous

#BF623B #BFA43B #98BF3B

triadic

#BFA43B #3BBFA4 #A43BBF

tetradic

#BFA43B #3BBF62 #3B56BF #BF3B98

square

#BFA43B #3BBF62 #3B56BF #BF3B98

split-complementary

#BFA43B #3B98BF #623BBF

monochromatic

#61541E #907C2D #BFA43B #D0BB67 #DFD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BFA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BFA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA43B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA43B	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)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be77',
    500: '#bfa43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa43b;
$custom-light: #d6be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72344,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA43B

secondary

#8C99CA

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA43B

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

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