#BFA52D#BFA52D

#BFA52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.135 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA52D
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 76.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -2.92, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 61.44, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0147 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.135 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4165, 38.1780, 7.9857)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA52D #2D47BF

analogous

#BF5C2D #BFA52D #90BF2D

triadic

#BFA52D #2DBFA5 #A52DBF

tetradic

#BFA52D #2DBF5C #2D47BF #BF2D90

square

#BFA52D #2DBF5C #2D47BF #BF2D90

split-complementary

#BFA52D #2D90BF #5C2DBF

monochromatic

#5C4F16 #8D7A21 #BFA52D #D6BF53 #E2D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BFA52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA52D

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA52D	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.135 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf6f',
    500: '#bfa52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa52d;
$custom-light: #d6bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA52D

secondary

#7C8BCB

accent

#60E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA52D

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

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