#BFA535#BFA535

#BFA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.130 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA535
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -2.57, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 58.51, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0129 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.13 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5854, 38.2456, 8.8752)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA535 #354FBF

analogous

#BF6035 #BFA535 #94BF35

triadic

#BFA535 #35BFA5 #A535BF

tetradic

#BFA535 #35BF60 #354FBF #BF3594

square

#BFA535 #35BF60 #354FBF #BF3594

split-complementary

#BFA535 #3594BF #6035BF

monochromatic

#5F521A #8F7C28 #BFA535 #D3BD5F #E0D18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BFA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BFA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA535

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA535	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.130 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf73',
    500: '#bfa535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa535;
$custom-light: #d6bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA535

secondary

#8592CA

accent

#65E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA535

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

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