#BFA52C#BFA52C

#BFA52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.136 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA52C
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -2.96, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 61.78, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0149 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.136 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3975, 38.1704, 7.8855)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA52C #2C46BF

analogous

#BF5B2C #BFA52C #8FBF2C

triadic

#BFA52C #2CBFA5 #A52CBF

tetradic

#BFA52C #2CBF5B #2C46BF #BF2C8F

square

#BFA52C #2CBF5B #2C46BF #BF2C8F

split-complementary

#BFA52C #2C8FBF #5B2CBF

monochromatic

#5C4F15 #8D7A21 #BFA52C #D7BF51 #E2D283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BFA52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA52C

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA52C	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)

#B6A113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.136 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf6f',
    500: '#bfa52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa52c;
$custom-light: #d6bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72444,
    "c": 0.13566,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA52C

secondary

#7B89CC

accent

#5FE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA52C

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

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