#BFA440#BFA440

#BFA440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA440
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -1.44, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 53.74, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0084 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.122 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6885, 37.9993, 10.3043)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA440 #405BBF

analogous

#BF6440 #BFA440 #9BBF40

triadic

#BFA440 #40BFA4 #A440BF

tetradic

#BFA440 #40BF64 #405BBF #BF409B

square

#BFA440 #40BF64 #405BBF #BF409B

split-complementary

#BFA440 #409BBF #6440BF

monochromatic

#635521 #917D31 #BFA440 #CEBA6E #DED09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BFA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BFA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA440

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA440	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be7a',
    500: '#bfa440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa440;
$custom-light: #d6be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA440

secondary

#919DCA

accent

#6CD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA440

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

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