#BFA532#BFA532

#BFA532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.132 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA532
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 73.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -2.71, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 59.65, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0136 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.132 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5186, 38.2188, 8.5231)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA532 #324CBF

analogous

#BF5E32 #BFA532 #93BF32

triadic

#BFA532 #32BFA5 #A532BF

tetradic

#BFA532 #32BF5E #324CBF #BF3293

square

#BFA532 #32BF5E #324CBF #BF3293

split-complementary

#BFA532 #3293BF #5E32BF

monochromatic

#5E5119 #8E7B25 #BFA532 #D4BD5A #E1D18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BFA532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA532

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA532	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)

#B6A11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.132 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf72',
    500: '#bfa532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa532;
$custom-light: #d6bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72483,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA532

secondary

#828FCB

accent

#63E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA532

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

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