#BFA52F#BFA52F

#BFA52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA52F
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 75.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -2.84, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 60.74, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0143 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.134 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4559, 38.1938, 8.1934)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA52F #2F49BF

analogous

#BF5D2F #BFA52F #91BF2F

triadic

#BFA52F #2FBFA5 #A52FBF

tetradic

#BFA52F #2FBF5D #2F49BF #BF2F91

square

#BFA52F #2FBF5D #2F49BF #BF2F91

split-complementary

#BFA52F #2F91BF #5D2FBF

monochromatic

#5D5017 #8E7B23 #BFA52F #D5BE56 #E1D187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BFA52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA52F

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA52F	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)

#B6A119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf70',
    500: '#bfa52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa52f;
$custom-light: #d6bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA52F

secondary

#7F8DCB

accent

#61E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA52F

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

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