#BFA52A#BFA52A

#BFA52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.137 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA52A
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 78%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -3.04, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 62.46, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0153 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.137 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3608, 38.1557, 7.6923)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA52A #2A44BF

analogous

#BF5A2A #BFA52A #8EBF2A

triadic

#BFA52A #2ABFA5 #A52ABF

tetradic

#BFA52A #2ABF5A #2A44BF #BF2A8E

square

#BFA52A #2ABF5A #2A44BF #BF2A8E

split-complementary

#BFA52A #2A8EBF #5A2ABF

monochromatic

#5B4E14 #8D7A1F #BFA52A #D8C04E #E3D280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BFA52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA52A

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA52A	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.137 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bf6e',
    500: '#bfa52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa52a;
$custom-light: #d7bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72432,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA52A

secondary

#7987CC

accent

#5EE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA52A

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

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