#BFA442#BFA442

#BFA442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA442
RGB	rgb(191, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -1.32, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 52.88, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0078 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.12 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7464, 38.0225, 10.6094)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA442 #425DBF

analogous

#BF6542 #BFA442 #9BBF42

triadic

#BFA442 #42BFA4 #A442BF

tetradic

#BFA442 #42BF65 #425DBF #BF429B

square

#BFA442 #42BF65 #425DBF #BF429B

split-complementary

#BFA442 #429BBF #6542BF

monochromatic

#655622 #927D32 #BFA442 #CEBA70 #DED09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BFA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BFA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA442

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA442	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)

#B4A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be7b',
    500: '#bfa442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa442;
$custom-light: #d6be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72407,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA442

secondary

#939FCA

accent

#6DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA442

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

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