#BFA52E#BFA52E

#BFA52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.135 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA52E
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 75.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -2.88, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 61.09, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0145 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.135 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4360, 38.1858, 8.0883)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA52E #2E48BF

analogous

#BF5D2E #BFA52E #91BF2E

triadic

#BFA52E #2EBFA5 #A52EBF

tetradic

#BFA52E #2EBF5D #2E48BF #BF2E91

square

#BFA52E #2EBF5D #2E48BF #BF2E91

split-complementary

#BFA52E #2E91BF #5D2EBF

monochromatic

#5C5016 #8E7A22 #BFA52E #D6BF54 #E2D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BFA52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA52E

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA52E	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)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.135 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf70',
    500: '#bfa52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa52e;
$custom-light: #d6bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72456,
    "c": 0.13454,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA52E

secondary

#7E8CCB

accent

#60E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA52E

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

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